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What can I say about John E Ohara’s (aka John E Wordslinger) metaphorical book, “Poetry Train America,” and all in this series of books, but wow! I was with him in 2008/9, online, when the idea was born, and even then I thought, “This is an ambitious project,” a project to bring modern day poets together, online, and printed book form, “Poetry Train American” and now “Poetry Train Canada”, and “Poetry Train Africa.” Too many poets find themselves toiling in obscurity, and in the darkness. With his first adventure in seeking out these poets, John traveled, virtually, from state-to-state seeking out these poets, gathering them together in to his “train” and giving them a free ride into the world of his intellect. Many people couldn’t grasp the idea, the metaphor, or John’s desire to give this train wheels, wheels into the future, and it seems it has become his life’s ambition to record all the living poets on this globe he finds worthy of a ticket. The idea that once in print he is giving them immortality. I own this book and it is proudly displayed on my coffee table! I’m not saying this because I’m one of those Missouri poets he chose, I’m saying this, because I believe in the genius that is John E Ohara’s dream, to record the poets of the living world and give them recognition, giving them flight into immortality.
Olan L. Smith,
Missouri poet and artist,
September 18, 2019
Contents
Preface Dedication | 7 |
Introduction | 9 |
Chapter 1 PoetryTraincom | 11 |
Chapter 2 The Alpha Digital Train | 13 |
Chapter 3 Digital Rights | 20 |
Chapter 4 Digital Poets | 34 |
Chapter 5 Digital Night | 38 |
Chapter 6 Digital Liberty | 56 |
Chapter 33 New York | 279 |
Chapter 34 Vermont | 291 |
Chapter 35 New Hampshire | 298 |
Chapter 36 Maine | 305 |
Chapter 37 Massachusetts | 314 |
Chapter 38 Rhode Island | 327 |
Chapter 39 Connecticut | 335 |
Chapter 40 New Jersey | 343 |
Chapter 7 Georgia | 63 |
Chapter 8 TennesseeChattanooga | 70 |
Chapter 9 TennesseeNashville | 76 |
Chapter 10 North Carolina | 89 |
Chapter 11 Arkansas | 102 |
Chapter 12 Missouri | 108 |
Chapter 13 Kansas | 117 |
Chapter 14 Colorado | 129 |
Chapter 15 Idaho | 136 |
Chapter 16 Oregon | 143 |
Chapter 17 Washington | 153 |
Chapter 18 Alaska | 161 |
Chapter 19 Montana | 172 |
Chapter 21 Nebraska | 185 |
Chapter 22 South Dakota | 192 |
Chapter 23 North Dakota | 197 |
Chapter 24 Minnesota | 202 |
Chapter 25 Wisconsin | 211 |
Chapter 26 Iowa | 219 |
Chapter 27 Illinois | 225 |
Chapter 28 Indiana | 234 |
Chapter 29 Kentucky | 242 |
Chapter 30 Ohio | 251 |
Chapter 31 Michigan | 261 |
Chapter 32 Pennsylvania | 269 |
Chapter 41 Delaware | 351 |
Chapter 42 Maryland | 357 |
Chapter 43 Virginia | 368 |
Chapter 44 West Virginia | 376 |
Chapter 45 South Carolina | 387 |
Chapter 46 Florida | 396 |
Chapter 47 Alabama | 407 |
Chapter 48 Mississippi | 416 |
Chapter 49 Louisiana | 426 |
Chapter 50 Oklahoma | 445 |
Chapter 51 Texas | 461 |
Chapter 52 New Mexico | 475 |
Chapter 53 Arizona | 488 |
Chapter 54 Nevada | 501 |
Chapter 55 California | 512 |
Chapter 56 Utah | 542 |
Chapter 57 Hawaii | 566 |
Chapter 58 ThRising | 584 |
Chapter 59 ThSeance | 612 |
Chapter 60 ThHearing | 623 |
Chapter 61 Th Conclusion | 634 |
Chapter 62 Poems By Various Poets | 637 |
Acknowledgements | 667 |