Poetry
Evel Knievel
Contributor
Jamey JonesJAMEY JONES is from Pensacola, FL where he has long been an active proponent of all things poetry. His works include the book Blue Rain Morning (Farfalla, 2011), and the chapbooks the notebook troubled the sleep door and Twelve Windows, both from brown boke Press.
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