Del “Abe” Jones
Del “Abe” Jones served in the United States Air Force, 1958-1961, 92nd Combat Defense Squadron, K-9 Corps, Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington. Today, Jones is a father of four and grandfather to eight who reside in Spokane, Washington. He continues to write poetry and hopes to be successful as a song lyricist in Tennessee.
Jones has self-published three poetry books. In addition to having his work featured in newspapers, on radio, TV and many websites around the country, Jones’ poetry, “POW/MIA” and “And They Were There, Too”, are etched in the Ellis County Veteran’s Memorial in Waxahachie, Texas. Jones also recited “The Wall” at the Vietnam Veterans Monument dedication in Orlando.
Contact Abe for a FREE copy of his book, “THE WORLD, WAR, FREEDOM, AND MORE” in e-book format. (Specify zip or.exe format). Jones donated profits from this book to Tennessee National Guard Families who served during Desert Storm.
Mankind’s greatest accomplishment is not the revolution of technology – it is the evolution of creativity: ©Copyright 1988 by Del “Abe” Jones
Index of Club Writings
- 2006 – 2007
- 9/11 – An Index of Poems
- 9/11
- 9/11
- 911 on 9/11
- 9/11 Show and Tell
- A Day to Remember
- A Different Calling (post 9/11)
- A Little Less
- A Touch in the Wind
- But, the People Never Came!
- Cathedral of Tears
- Family, Friends, and Freedom
- Five More Sides to the Story
- Flowers in WTC Pools
- For All those Souls, A to Z
- For the Kids: Reading names on 9/11
- Four Years and a Week or So
- It’s Nine to Eleven
- Leave No One Behind
- “Let’s Roll”
- Nine Eleven: Six and Counting
- Not Again?
- Not Uniform
- Old Glory in 2001
- Our Lawmakers Are Too Busy
- Peace or War
- Private Galleries
- Seven Come Eleven (After 9/11)
- Sixteen Acres
- The Bottom of the Pit
- The Christian Thing to Do
- The Fifth of the Eleventh
- The Final Solution
- The Whole Heartland
- Three and Counting
- Until the End, My Friend
- Veterans All
- Where Was I?
- Working for the Devil
- A Day of Infamy
- A History of Veteran’s Day
- A Marine Birthday (November 10)
- A Mother’s Love
- A New Day
- A New Strategy, Stay the Course, etc.
- A Tennessee Volunteer
- An Aussie Bard
- And Proud to Be
- And They Were There Too
- Another “Day of Infamy” – March 20, 2003
- Another Independence Day
- Another Way?
- Armed Forces Day
- Army Rangers Brothers
- Better Late Than Never
- Bombs and Ballots
- Boots on the Ground
- Born to Fly (LCdr Kevin J. Davis, R.I.P.)
- Independence Day
- Independents’ Day, 2008
- Iraqi Independence
- Is “Thank You” Near Enough?
- It’s a Real War
- Lance Corporal Jeffrey Adam Bishop
- Last Call
- Left with a Life of Dying
- Leslie Townes Hope
- Let’s Build the US Peace Memorial
- Lincoln – The True American Way
- May the Eighth
- Means To An End?
- Memorial Day Writings
- Michelle Witmer
- Military Moms
- Military Spouses Day Poems
- Mister President,
- More Is Not Better
- Of Life and Limb
- Of Sheep, Wolves, and Sheepdogs
- On Eternal Patrol
- One In Four?
- One Lost, Is Too Many
- Our Honored Dead?
- Semper Fidelis
- Seven, Four, Seventy-Six
- SFC Henry F. Perkins
- Since the Fall
- Soldier’s Soldier
- Some Battles, Never Won!
- Thank A Soldier Week (December 19-25)
- That One, That Was!
- That Special Kind
- That Special Kind: Update 2004
- That Special Kind: Update 2005
- That’s War!
- That’s What’s the Matter
- The 101st Airborne Division
- The Die is Cast (The Military)
- The Fist War of the 21st Century
- The Fog of War
- The Innocence of Heroes
- The Longest Day ~ June 6, 1944
- The Marine Corps War Memorial
- The Price They Pay
- The Price We Pay
- The Red, (White,) and Blue
- The Wall
- The Warrior’s Holiday
- The Women Veterans Wall of Honor
- The World War II Memorial
- They Lay At Final Rest
- They Pay And Pay And Pay
- They Won’t Be Home For Christmas
- Throwaway Soldiers
- Two Thousand and Counting