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Standing on My Father's Grave
A collection of poems in which two themes run like intertwining threads, related at deep psychic levels: a Wordsworthian love of nature, and an abiding interest in the work of psychiatrist and psychologist Carl Jung.
72 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2002
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John P. Freeman
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A native and long-time resident of Mississippi, John Freeman now lives in Harvey, Louisiana, with his wife. After stints at Tarleton State University and Mississippi State University, where he taught English and creative writing, he spent the last eighteen years before retirement at Oakley Training School in Raymond, Mississippi, a facility for incarcerated male juvenile delinquents. At Oakley, he taught high school English, GED (all subjects), and remedial reading. He also served as interim principal, assistant principal, state testing coordinator, and staff development coordinator. He has also worked as an automobile mechanic, warehouse supervisor, quality control manager, marina assistant manager, and pastor. His poems have appeared in various magazines and anthologies, including Arkansas Review, Hawaii Pacific Review, Louisiana Literature, Xavier Review, and The Southern Poetry Anthology (vols. II and IV). He has published three books of poems: Illusion on the Louisiana Side (Pygmy Forest Press), Standing on My Father's Grave (Mellen Poetry Press), and In the Place of Singing (Louisiana Literature Press). From 1999 through 2011, he was poetry editor of The Magnolia Quarterly. His favorite activity is hiking in the woods, and his favorite color is the golden red of maple leaves in the Ozarks in October, when the sunrise bends over the top of a mountain to flood the slope with illumination.
A native and long-time resident of Mississippi, John Freeman now lives in Harvey, Louisiana, with his wife. After stints at Tarleton State University and Mississippi State University, where he taught English and creative writing, he spent the last eighteen years before retirement at Oakley Training School in Raymond, Mississippi, a facility for incarcerated male juvenile delinquents. At Oakley, he taught high school English, GED (all subjects), and remedial reading. He also served as interim principal, assistant principal, state testing coordinator, and staff development coordinator. He has also worked as an automobile mechanic, warehouse supervisor, quality control manager, marina assistant manager, and pastor. His poems have appeared in various magazines and anthologies, including Arkansas Review, Hawaii Pacific Review, Louisiana Literature, Xavier Review, and The Southern Poetry Anthology (vols. II and IV). He has published three books of poems: Illusion on the Louisiana Side (Pygmy Forest Press), Standing on My Father's Grave (Mellen Poetry Press), and In the Place of Singing (Louisiana Literature Press). From 1999 through 2011, he was poetry editor of The Magnolia Quarterly. His favorite activity is hiking in the woods, and his favorite color is the golden red of maple leaves in the Ozarks in October, when the sunrise bends over the top of a mountain to flood the slope with illumination.
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