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Meet award winning writer, poet,
journalist - James J. Roberts. Chosen "Poet
Fellow 2006" by Noble House Publishing, London,
England, Roberts irreverently shreds commonly cherished concepts of
life, love, government, justice, politics, religion, social "correctism" and
even the politics of
war with a unique blend of wit, whimsy, compassion,
consternation and laugh-out-loud humor.
A life of "close
calls" gives Roberts unique perspectives on what
matters most in life...and what matters least. Pauper,
painter, soldier, sailor Roberts has worked as a
professional marine naturalist, a commercial fisherman, navigator,
and narrator. He is a father, son and (to some) an un-holy ghost. An
investigative reporter, documentarian, editor, and educator,
he has also been a union agitator,
sculptor, flutist, court advisor, TV anchorman and network radio special assignment correspondent.
He plays a bad piano and a worse guitar
by self admission, and has earned a living at times as a ditch digger, foundry worker, carpenter,
plumber, electrician and statistician. A trained
marksman, former PBS-TV host, DJ,
sleuth and agressive student of particle and astro-physics,
Roberts has formally studied Communications, Chemistry,
Biology, English, and Psychology, with
side lines ventures into neurology, oncology, theology,
and other "ologies" - from ichthy- to
myth-. He's carved up human cadavers for U.S. medical
research and now helps save hundreds of lives annually
by brining state of the art medical supplies into into
poor and terror torn countries such as
Sri Lanka, Myanmar (Burma), Nepal, Bangladesh and
India. He readily admits writing poetry to
"waste spare time" and claims "98.3% of my poety is just
plain mediocre-to-awful and the remainder is not worth
wrapping fish in...but I keep writing because it's just
too damned difficult to stop!"
Roberts, who is a member in bad standing of the League of American Poets,
Poets Against The War, and The American Society
of Poets, is a contributor to
www.Poetry.com and has been published in numerous
print and online venues. Excerpts of his work also
appear in:
Treasury of American Poetry-III
ASIN: B000RRQFIM
The International Who's Who in Poetry
ASIN: B000VY4TNE
Centres of Expression
ASIN: B000Z9MR3O
The Sound of Poetry (3 CD set),
ASIN:
B000QNNOYA
While
Roberts' prose and scythe-like poetry will raise your
blood pressure and irritate your "hackles", while his
humor and ironic sarcasm is equally likely to make you
laugh, cry or scream out loud. Either way, Roberts may just change your
perspectives on...
...Democracy ...God ...Greed ...Justice ...Love ...Nature
...Patriotism
...Power ...Politics ...The President
...Religion ...Science
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Write to James J, Roberts
The author reads all email,
but, due to travel and time constraints, often replies
only in vitriolic poetic verse. Write at your own
risk.
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