Press Release - Jovialities Enterainment Co. Publishes "Streetlight Sonata," Poems by J. R. Simons

The Jovialities Entertainment Co., Ltd. is pleased to announce the release of its newest book, Streetlight Sonata, Poems by J. R. Simons.  This collection of 25 poems explores a life lived in rural and suburban Ohio and follows that life from humble beginnings to even humbler ends.  Each poem is rich in imagery and evocative language describing the experiences of a life lived in the Midwest.  Fans of a wide variety of contemporary poets including Jim Daniels, M. L. Liebler, Frank Bidart, Natasha Trethewey, Sherman Alexie, and Kevin Young will all find something to like in this collection.

Streetlight Sonata can be downloaded for Kindle, Nook, Kobo and other e-Readers at https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/72045 or can be ordered in print at http://www.lulu.com/product/paperback/streetlight-sonata/16438291.

Get your copy today and support the efforts of local, independent poets and publishers.

Publishing Announcements

The Jovialities Entertainment Co., Ltd. has launched a new publishing initiative. In conjunction with Barnes and Noble, using PubIt!, Jovialities has begun publishing scripts for reading on Nook eBook readers or on Nook for PC.

As its first offerings, Jovialities has published 3 plays by poet and playwright, J. R. Simons. You can find the award-winning plays Siblings and Protest along with And "G" Don't Stand for Goofy, Neither at www.barnesandnoble.com under NOOKbooks or by directly linking to the following pages:

And "G" Don't Stand for Goofy, Neither

Protest

Siblings

Watch here for future announcements!

We Rode Poems

I remember

staying up all

night riding poems.

Simile eyes

black as periods on

end-stopped lines.

We saddled them

with conceits

over blankets

of metaphor,

spurred them on,

reveling in each

galloping anapest

and cantering

dactyl.

Your poem

carried you far,

it’s tetrameter

opening up

a fervent gait,

but my poem

lost its footing

on a broken

enjambment and

I had to put

it down.


This was first published in Common Threads, Volume 69, Number 1, Spring/Summer 2009.