Here and Now, There and Then

James Douglas Owens, Sr. (Jimmy) was raised by a father, James Willard Owens, Sr., who could quote every line of Thanatopsis from memory, and did, along with hundreds of other poems. Jimmy learned early on that poetry was a valuable tool for expressing feelings. The feelings that Jimmy harbored, as a result of life situations, were many and pervasive. Busy making a living for himself and his family, the missing factor for him to put those feelings to paper was time. Both fate and circumstances f