Dead Sea Scrolls: Lost Poems Found
By J.L. Powell
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Imagine if you will a 22 year old sailor at sea with no axes to grind, and no agenda to meet, simply writing thoughts about his experience in society during the 1960's. A thousand miles out at sea with only ocean spray, windy breezes, and blue skies. At night, a billion stars light up the heavens. Candlelight provided from God to illuminate ones thoughts. Your only companion out here is nature's presence.
In this setting innocent thoughts emerge that allow total freedom of expression without the hindrance of social approval or expectations of reward. A young mind expressing heartfelt thought just capturing that inner voice that all humanity has. While listening to that inner thought, truth emerges. Pure truth that is hidden deep within each person's soul. That is the essence of the book.
With these thoughts in mind, I invite you to journey with me back in time and take a glimpse of society of the 1960s. A time when youthful innocence and civil disobedience joined forces to create a consciousness so powerful that no force on earth could stop. The existing establishment could no longer govern by the rules of the past.
Discover some innocent truths buried and unread for decades in the darkness of an old cardboard box. View one perception of reality about society in the 1960s that was felt and expressed in simple verse.
J.L. Powell
J.L. Powell
Jack grew up in a small rural town in Delaware, population 6,000, and was a child of the 1960s. In this setting he experienced America’s social transformation. During this time social change peaked and civil disobedience was a source of individual pride. His educational system was segregated until he reached high school in 1969. In ninth grade he flunked English and had to take summer courses to pass to the next grade. During this time in American history, original artistic music, art, and literature flourished. As a teenager he experienced firsthand the threat of nuclear annihilation, the passage of segregation, equal rights, the first moon landing, the Hippie Movement, rock and roll, the Vietnam War, and America’s political crisis that resulted in the assassinations of John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, and Malcolm X. All of these personal experiences resulted in the writing of this book. Jack is currently a hairless baby boomer who lives on the eastern shore of Maryland with two cats named Tinker and Willy.
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Dead Sea Scrolls - J.L. Powell
Dead Sea Scrolls
LOST POEMS FOUND
J. L. Powell
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Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Prelude
War and Peace
American Spirit
War Games
Coward
The Bomb
Viet Nam
7 Seas
Homeport
Sea
Liberty Call
Voyage
Dry Dock
Mayday, Mayday
Separation
Life and Death
Life and Death
Death
Corpse
Accident
Model
Hunting
The Will
Mirror
Life
The Race
Spiritual
Heaven
Faith
Fairies Tell the Truth
The Earth
Angel’s Grace
Addiction
The Alcoholic’s Rhyme
Drunk
Alcohol
Addiction
Imprisoned
Silent Room
Truth
Alcohol Addiction
Social Observations
Mind Games
Poor Plant
Decision
Ego
Change
Contempt
Happiness
Social Security
Friendship
You Can’t Go Back
The Plan
Rock Star
Choice
Silly Thought
The Madman
Richard Nixon
Long Gone My Past and Childhood Days
Graduation
The Bet
Bad Rabbit
True Love
Pawn
Questions
San Diego Plaza, 1976
Mask
Value
The Abortion
Tomorrow
Society
Invisible White Man
Digital Age
Trust
The Lord
This book is dedicated to Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and Jim Morrison, whose artistic presence freed a generation and mysterious deaths failed to prevent cultural change.
Acknowledgments
I would like to thank Krista Thompson, whose compassionate words of encouragement removed my doubts about submitting my writings for publication, and Dana Villarte, whose guiding insights enabled artistic freedom of expression in the publication of this book, and Julia Sanders whose magical production skills transformed the book into a work of art.
Prelude
Letter sent to Mom and Dad, July 18, 1976
Dear Mom and Dad,
We are still anchored off Kithra, Greece. We have no idea when we will