The Crocodile Bird

About the Book

These pieces are offered as works composed over many years, by a writer who shares the view of the late, brilliant Hilary Corke, that one’s style has shown progression if not a progress. At least they are published, collected from forgotten files, and as Corke so aptly phrased it, candidates for survival rather than lurking in sad typescript awaiting public birth. Certainly they are creations set in time and it is over time that they will be remembered or forgotten, since time is the only judge to render a final verdict. Since a poem is rarely finished to the full satisfaction of its author, it reaches a stage where it is merely abandoned. Hopefully it has found completion to the extent, so properly defined by Robert Frost, “where the emotion has found its thought and the thought has found the words.” JET

About the Author

Jim retired from Philadelphia Electric Company (PECO) and resided in Drexel Hill, PA., for nearly 50 years but now lives in Sea Isle City, NJ. He and his late wife Lois had four children. While James, Patricia and Steven still live in the Drexel Hill area, their daughter Kathleen died in 1994, age 29. A Korean War Air Force veteran, Jim served in Wiesbaden, Germany from 1951-54. He has a BS degree in Economics from Villanova University, and a MA degree in Liberal Arts from Temple University. Jim has published several children’s stories, a book of essays, a book of Limericks and The Last Field Marshal, a book on World War II. All can be found on his web site jamesetague.com. Email jimtague30@comcast.net