Del 'Abe' Jones Del is an intelligent, versatile and prolific writer who livesin Texas USA. Dels contributions are listed below.. No Sections:  1   No Items:  40 For the index by Section to all Dels work Contributions click here.

Poetry - Turning Green By Del Abe Jones.

The wearing of the green And the drinking of green beer Even a river dyed to green To signify this day is here. Looking for the Blarney Stone To give it a big kiss But watch it for those Blarney Stones Read more...

Poetry - The National Day Of Mourning (or The American Way) By Del Abe Jones.

For some it's a Day of Thanks And for some a Day to Mourn With those conflicting stories Of how Thanksgiving was born. Some say a friendly gathering Of Pilgrims and the Indians People from a far off Land Read more...

Poetry - Thanksgiving By Del Abe Jones.

A day for the turkey Candied yams and pumpkin pie The time to gather family To gives thanks, is really why For, the bounty on our tables And the freedoms, we all share To do what'ere we're able To travel here and there Read more...

Poetry - Cool Hand Luke By Del Abe Jones.

Paul Leonard Newman January 26 1925; September 26 2008 He was a quiet, private, Man But, a giant, amongst the stars A philanthropist to millions And owned and drove racecars. He was a producer and director And an actor, beyond, compare Read more...

Poetry - Peace Or War? By Del Abe Jones.

Yet, another year has passed by Since, those terrorists struck our Land Even, after all this time gone by Still hard, to comprehend or understand. How can a person hate so much And be so blinded, by their belief Read more...

Poetry - Exxon/Mobil Profits By Del Abe Jones.

Eleven billion, six hundred eighty million Is what Exxon made in ninety days One hundred thirty million in one day Are the profits that, America pays. Five and one-half million in an hour And ninety thousand for each minute Read more...

Poetry - Another Independence Day By Del Abe Jones.

We're another year older now And, I wonder, what they'd say Those who wrote our Declaration For our Independence Day? I bet they're turning in their graves To see, where our Country's going As we lose those hard won Freedoms Read more...

Poetry - Much More Than Seven Words By Del Abe Jones.

	Although he really wasn't Everybody's cup of tea He was a great comic And he was very funny. He made fun of everyone And of society's flaws He was arrested for it Read more...

Poetry - On Eternal Patrol By Del Abe Jones.

	The Klaxon sounds and they scramble They close the hatches, take their station As they hear the order, "Dive, dive, dive!" And do! Down into the cold dark, ocean. The bow planes turning downward Aiming the Boat into the deep Read more...

Poetry - The Bunny Tale By Del Abe Jones.

	I thought it was a kitty cat But saw it was a rabbit He was hopping down the trail And then he stopped to sit. He looked back at me And wiggled his nose Seems he wanted me to follow Read more...

Poetry - Independents' Day 2008 By Del Abe Jones.

	Lately, not much to be proud of And it gets worse every year And if changes aren't made soon It just might be too late, I fear. We have those who lied to us To take us to war and worse Read more...

Poetry - The Crude Politics Of Petropublicans And Democradicals And Indepundits By Del Abe Jones.

	Where do we get these people Who fight new energy Then, raise the price of oil For their greedy industry? Where do we get these people Who build the cars we drive Read more...

Poetry - The Warriors Holiday By Del Abe Jones.

	The holidays are upon us And Christmas is drawing near But for far too many Families There won't be a 'Happy New Year'. Their loved ones are off at War In some far-off foreign land Read more...

Poetry - Then, There Will Be No Hope (VT Massacre) By Del Abe Jones.

	If we don't change the way we do And learn to do what we don't If we can't each, honor ourselves It's a sad fact that others won't And there will be no hope! If life isn't treated sacredly Read more...

Poetry - Means To An End By Del Abe Jones.

	Some will say, People for Peace Who only want the War to end Are bad for the Troops morale And the wrong message to send. But, who more than those Troops Would like to come home to stay Read more...

Poetry - Navajo Code Talkers By Del Abe Jones.

	In May of Nineteen forty-two The first of those Talkers came to be At Camp Pendleton, California They formed that special "Dictionary". During the First World War When the Choctaw was used some Read more...

Poetry - The Likes Of You And Me By Del Abe Jones.

	I just hope all the People Find some Logic in their Heart And use their Minds a little bit Well now, that would be a Start! I hope they see the Voting Booth As a place to show their Will Read more...

Poetry - Leave No One Behind By Del Abe Jones.

	They have found some more remains That have lain hidden for so long And no matter what excuse they make There is something surely wrong. What if you were a Family Who had nothing to lay to rest Read more...

Poetry - The Price They Pay By Del Abe Jones.

	The only ones who give more For the high cost of Liberty Than those we send to fight our Wars Is the Military Family. For a few years and sometimes more They lend us their loved one Read more...

Poetry - Christmas Spree By Del Abe Jones.

	The World is in turmoil There's War everywhere People starving and homeless And not enough seem to care. It's not their kid who's dying In someplace across the sea Read more...

Poetry - A Day of Infamy By Del Abe Jones.

	Around eight o'clock in the morn In Nineteen forty-one On December the Seventh Our World War Two was begun. We'd tried to stay out of it And said, it was not our fight Read more...

Poetry - Another Day of Infamy March 20, 2003 By Del Abe Jones.

	An unprovoked attack in Forty-one That some say, could have been prevented Sadly, now we have another one From lies our Government invented. We are coming on five years of War More than forty-three hundred killed Just so, as some say, the Pres's wishes Read more...

Poetry - More Is Not Better By Del Abe Jones.

	We have been at the War this time Longer than that one in Forty-one With maybe not as many casualties But too many, more than one. The right thing when we started And sent Troops to Afghanistan Read more...

Poetry - Seven Come Eleven (after 9/11) By Del Abe Jones.

	On this day we remember That "day of infamy" And sadly we understand More than we want to see. A "sneak attack" on Freedom And the American way Read more...

Poetry - The Law's The Law By Del Abe Jones.

	We forgive too many crimes And we say that it's okay Go ahead and break the Law We don't mean them anyway. They're enforced when they suit us Or we'll pretend we didn't see Read more...

Poetry - A Day To Remember By Del Abe Jones.

	Anniversary is not a proper word To mark the meaning of that day And now, five years from that date Is not nearly far enough away. Too many families and loved ones Still feel that pain down in their soul From the Towers to the Pentagon Read more...

Poetry - The Land of The Free By Del Abe Jones.

	On Independence Day this year We'll wave our Flag, salute and cheer We'll thank all those who've gone before And those today, we send to War. We'll think about what Freedom's cost Those who fought and those we lost Read more...

Poetry - THE PRICE WE PAY By Del Abe Jones.

	...We're going to stay the course, of course!... That's what our Pres has always said We're three years into this crazy War With nearly twenty-four hundred Dead. Seventeen thousand wounded folks At least, that's the official count With estimates of forty-some thousand    Read more...

Poetry - Saint Patrick's Day By Del Abe Jones.

	The Patron Saint of Ireland Died in the Fifth Century On the seventeenth of March Is that anniversary. That day is during Lent When the Irish celebrate With dance and drink and feast    Read more...

Poetry - Them And Us By Del Abe Jones.

	Now they want to Google us Where will all this snooping end? Remember stories of Big Brother? Well, he's lurking 'round the bend. They tap our phones when they want Though they could work within the law    Read more...

Poetry - Just One More Coalminers Daughter By Del Abe Jones.

	Another Coalminer's Daughter (and Son) Has Heart and Soul beneath the Ground With Tears and Hopes and Prayers That their lost Daddies will be Found. Hoping for some great Miracle Not only Found, but Safe and Well    Read more...

Poetry - Halloween By Del Abe Jones.

	More than two thousand years ago A Celebration for the Dead, Returning The Night before the Celtic New Year With Costumes and Sacrificial Burning. With a Celebration of the Harvest And to Honour one's Dead Ancestry    Read more...

Poetry - Halloween By Del Abe Jones.

	More than two thousand years ago A Celebration for the Dead, Returning The Night before the Celtic New Year With Costumes and Sacrificial Burning. With a Celebration of the Harvest And to Honour one's Dead Ancestry    Read more...

Poetry - A Wake-Up Call By Del Abe Jones.

	We have what is known as FEMA And our "Homeland Security" The Military, State and Feds In case of, such a tragedy. And we also have a President    Read more...

Poetry - Our Tsunami - 30th August 2005 By Del Abe Jones.

	The force of Mother Nature Has washed upon our shore With a fierce, hellish fury Like we've never seen before. Homes and businesses flooded By tens of thousands, maybe more    Read more...

Poetry - A BLAST FROM THE PAST By Del "Abe" Jones,

	They are going to drill for more oil Up in our arctic wilderness So oil companies can get richer With Politicians in the same business. Let's not develop new resources Read more...

Poetry - THE PEOPLE'S POPE By Del "Abe" Jones

	One billion Catholics round the Earth Are in mourning for Pope John And although He will be laid to rest His Gentle Spirit will move on. His Great Legacy of all those years Read more...

Poetry - FOREVERGREEN (Big Tree) By Del "Abe" Jones

	For thirty-five hundred years You've towered o'er this land Almost one hundred forty feet The great height that you stand. Fifty thousand board feet Read more...

Poetry - FROM BIRTH TO DEATH By Del 'Abe' Jones

	The Government thinks it knows best Wants to tell us how to live our life They even want to make decisions That should be between a Man and Wife. Their morals and beliefs they think Read more...

Poetry - YEAR TWO and A MOSAIC By Del 'Abe' Jones

	It's the second Anniversary Of one more War for our Nation Some are still in "Shock and Awe" And there will be no Celebration. More than fifteen hundred Dead Read more...

Poetry - SAINT PATRICK'S DAY By Del 'Abe' Jones

	The Patron Saint of Ireland Died in the Fifth Century On the Seventeenth of March Is that Anniversary. That day is during Lent Read more...

Poetry - A Sea of Humanity By Del "Abe" Jones, White Bluff, TN

	Mother Nature shows Us once again That She is really in Control How She can rearrange this Earth Right down to It's very Soul. The Human, just one stage of Life Read more...

Poetry - TERROR By Del 'Abe' Jones

	Does the sound of bombs exploding And the hot shrapnel humming by Sound different when, "in Freedom's name"? Cause less terror in the victim's eye? Does the searing pain feel different Read more...

Poetry - Will You Please Be My Valentine? By Del 'Abe' Jones

	Remember when a Valentine Was just a name that you just drew And you could give that Paper Heart To someone you barely knew. Or you maybe gave your Heart Read more...

Poetry - Johnny Carson By Del "Abe" Jones, White Bluff, TN

	Nearly five thousand times He came out upon that stage And in entertainment's history He wrote a very unique page. He also "made" many a star Read more...

Poetry - A Sea of Humanity By Del "Abe" Jones, White Bluff, TN

	Mother Nature shows Us once again That She is really in Control How She can rearrange this Earth Right down to It's very Soul. The Human, just one stage of Life Read more...