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    Too Old to Be Old: Poems at 95
    Too Old to Be Old: Poems at 95
    Too Old to Be Old: Poems at 95
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    Too Old to Be Old: Poems at 95

    By Jess Strauss

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    Poet Jess Strauss is 95 and doesnt know how many days, months or years are in store for him. Sitting back and waiting for the inevitable to arrive is not his way of life. As the title of the book says, Strauss is too old to be concerned with being old. The goal is to survive and be active in the remaining years. In this collection, he blends memory and vision to share experiences with his resilient attitude toward life and longevity. The poems are real, sincere, inspiring, and thought provoking. In compassionate verse, Strauss offers his poetic viewpoints on poverty, disability, loneliness, war, and the ironies of life. Theres romance, love, stories, friendship, family values, and ironic laughter represented page after page.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisheriUniverse
    Release dateDec 14, 2012
    ISBN9781475955941
    Too Old to Be Old: Poems at 95
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    Jess Strauss

    Jess Strauss resides in Palm City, Florida with his wife of 71 years. A great grandfather at age 95, he wrote his fifth book, Too Old To Be Old. He has served over fifty years as an officer and pilot with 108 search and rescue missions in the Civil Air Patrol, a United States Air Force Auxiliary.

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      Too Old to Be Old - Jess Strauss

      Too Old to be Old

      Poems at 95

      Jess Strauss

      iUniverse, Inc.

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      Too Old to be Old

      Poems at 95

      Copyright © 2012 by Jess Strauss

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or by any information storage retrieval system without the written permission of the publisher except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

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      ISBN: 978-1-4759-5593-4 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4759-5594-1 (e)

      iUniverse rev. date: 12/11/2012

      Contents

      In And Out Of My Mind

      No Man Is An Island

      Love

      Family

      Hindsight And Foresight

      Photos

      Endorsements:

      I greatly admire Jess Strauss’s imagination as poet and storyteller.-Stefan F. Gavell, Author of Gate-Crashing Oxford and Facing a New World.

      Jess Strauss’s poetry is so thoughtful and deep in meaning-Helga T. Swanson, Author of Can Prisons and Prisoners Be Saved?

      The writing of Jess Strauss continues to inspire me. I found Too Old To Be Old: Poems at 95, inspirational and easy to read.- Ethan Strauss, Syndicated Sportswriter

      Also by Jess Strauss

      Firecracker: Poems at 93 (2010)

      A Poet Looks at Life (2008)

      Poems and Other Thoughts (2002)

      The Adventures of Little Willie & Little Wilma (2002)

      Thanksgiving is Today; Thanksgiving is Everyday (1985)

      For Sylvia

      "Ah, my Beloved, fill the Cup that clears

      Today of past Regret and future Fears:

      Tomorrow! Why, Tomorrow I may be

      Myself with Yesterday’s Sev’n thousand Years."

      -Omar Khayyam

      FORWARD

      How many people get to read the perspective and insight of a 95-year-old poet? Though he now has six publications and an impressive resume, I’d like to give some insight into Jess Strauss, the man who at 95 feels too old to bother with being old.

      Being an executive in his own insurance business and working with the Civil Air Patrol, flying search and rescue missions had filled much of his life. Many thought a man who had spent time organizing programs home and abroad, involved with Civil Defense, Human Rights, and international student programs, and used to mixing with generals, governors, congresspersons, leaders, home and abroad, would have a hard

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