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    Prose...And Sometimes, Poetry
    Prose...And Sometimes, Poetry
    Prose...And Sometimes, Poetry
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    Prose...And Sometimes, Poetry

    By Jake Lloyd Jones

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    Here is Prose...and Sometimes, Poetry - a rag-tag collection of prosaic pieces written over a five-year period. I like to think that my work is accessible to all who would read it and not an artistically obscure, intellectual or exclusive read, for literary academics. The language and style is simple and each piece is a picture painted or a story told, with a thought to ponder or a message to convey. It is an honest body of work in that it draws from both the lower and the higher ends of human nature; the curious dichotomy and ongoing dilemma of the human condition. It is the author's hope, the reader will find something here to inspire, ponder, stimulate and entertain.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherXlibris AU
    Release dateJan 30, 2014
    ISBN9781493133499
    Prose...And Sometimes, Poetry
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    Jake Lloyd Jones

      Jake Lloyd Jones is a singer-songwriter, blogger and accidental poet. This is his first published volume of essentially, prosaic free-verse, but hopefully not his last. He has been writing prose and poems since he was fourteen years of age.   Born in New-Zealand, he spent the first 35 years of his life there before emigrating to Australia, where some of his lineage is from. He currently resides on the Northside of Brisbane in Queensland, by the sea. He has three adult sons and a teenage daughter, residing in proximity.   His first solo CD 'Just Like That!' recorded and produced at the end of 2007, won local Government funding for recording. It was subsequently picked up by a publisher and distributor in Canberra and won an ARIA nomination in the Blues and Roots category for best album and has had worldwide exposure via radio and online representation. He has also had some recognition for a short poem for its literary style and creativity in 2008 (The only work he has ever submitted to a contest) with an Editors Choice Award; All Her Windows (The poem is included in this volume of work) He was invited to recite some of his work at an International Poets Convention in LA, after the accolade.

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      Prose...And Sometimes, Poetry - Jake Lloyd Jones

      BE THANKFUL

      Be thankful that I only play with words

      If I didn’t, I’d probably play with guns

      LIFE BY NUMBERS

      He tried to take her to places she hadn’t been

      he knew she’d seen the rest

      so now, to the mystical

      to the philosophical…

      but she never really climbed on board

      she kept one foot on the floor and one hand on the table

      and just as they were crossing the beautiful bridge

      in the zone, and flying…

      she slipped and fell between the cracks

      of abstracts and intangibles

      Where else was she to fall, but back to her own world?

      back to five senses and solids

      back to her friends and colleagues

      who measure all of life by numbers

      BELONGINGS

      Behind her cottage, and in a linen dress

      she is collecting vegetables from her garden

      the air is spiced with hay and fenugreek

      Her hair is tied back, practically and

      her hands are busy

      The mountain behind her; a quiet and constant companion

      she is singing to it as though it had a

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