Del a.k.a. Abe Jones

Rookie (5/8/41 / Indio, CA)

Biography of Del a.k.a. Abe Jones

Del a.k.a. Abe Jones poet

Born, Indio, California,1941.
Four children, eight grandchildren, and two great grandchildren residing in Washington State. Worked sheetmetal on Disney World and other projects around the Country. Retired 2003.
Self-published four books. Donated profits from one to families of Tennessee National Guardsmen of Desert Storm.
Recited 'The Wall', about the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington, at dedication of Vietnam Veteran's Memorial in Orlando. Two poems are etched on the Ellis County Veteran's Memorial in Waxahachie, Texas, dedicated Veteran's Day,2002. “The Never Ending Trail” about the Cherokee Trail Of Tears used in classrooms across the Nation and abroad.

Del a.k.a. Abe Jones's Works:

'OF NATIVE AMERICAN', 'MOONTIDES, AND OTHER CHANGES', 'THE WORLD, WAR, FREEDOM, AND MORE', and 'DREAMS, REALITIES, HEARTS, AND FLOWERS'

Del a.k.a. Abe Jones Poems

  • Rosie, The Riveter
    During World War Two All around this Nation
  • Pow/Mia Missing Man Ceremony
    POW/MIA Missing Man Ceremony There’s a table in the front Raised so that it draws attention
  • Pow/Mia Poems
    POW/MIA Recognition Day (The third Friday of September) As time goes on remains are found
  • Yes We Can, And, Yes We Did, And Now, We...
    Yes We can, And, Yes We Did, And Now, We Must…… Stand together as one Nation Join our hands in harmony
  • Trail Of Tears
    The whites honor the 'Hermitage' And the man who once lived there - But, that leader of our Nation Was cruel, unjust, unfair -
  • A Fixer Upper
    A Fixer Upper It's on a beautiful piece of land With a vast and spacious sky
  • Marine Poems
    Eight years after they were formed
  • Gold Star Families
    There’s too many Gold Star Families Their numbers growing every day
  • Military Spouse
    She is the real foot-soldier On rough roads behind at home
  • Harvey Korman
    HARVEY KORMAN AKA HEDLEY LAMARR FEBRUARY 15,1927 – MAY 29,2008 R.I.P.
  • Honor Guards
    I wrote this for the Honor Guard benefit at VFW Post 4641, in Dickson, TN. If you have a VFW in your town please forward this on to them. Honor Guards rarely get the thanks they deserve. Thanks, Abe
  • Valentines Day
    As early as the Fourth, B.C. Back in the Roman Nation A boy was assigned a girl For a one year duration.
  • Arlington Cemetary
    Section Sixty The Saddest Acre In America Men and Women buried here
  • Jim Thorpe
    Born in May of Eighteen eighty-eight
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