In the Midst

by James J. Adams

Overview

Author James J. Adams presents In the Midst, an updated edition of his previously published poetry collection, Put the Guns Down (1996). Adamss poetry aims at bringing attention to the violenceparticularly gun-related violencethat affects our youth. It proceeds with authenticity and timelessness, presented in the edgy, spiritual voice of the street. As relevant now as it was in 1996, the poetry of In the Midst focuses on the lives of the youngas they are, and as they should be. Put the GUNS down Put your arms up. Act crazy, be heroic&your grave is nigh Fights used to take place with fists&cold mama jokes. Both the time&the day have taken a deadly twist Presently, brotherly disagreements have a medieval or wild west style GUNS are completing what captivity&disease started; Burying Folks till our presence is through A chunk of melted steel with a curved trigga

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781426942808
Publisher:	Trafford Publishing
Publication date:	10/19/2010
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	100
File size:	373 KB

About the Author

James J. Adams is a poet, writer, and public speaker. Originally from South Carolina, James now makes his home in central Texas. After completing high school in 1982, James dedicated the next fifteen years of his life to the U.S. Army. He retired from the army in 1998.