DEEP THOUGHTS

About the Book

As a student in school, I have always liked writing essays and stories. However, it was not until 1996 that the urge to write poetry came over me, an urge that I could not resist. It was then I penned my first piece called “Life”.

Deep Thoughts became my brain child in 2001 when I wrote “Double Towers” a very prominent work, about the destruction of the World Trade Center. This work was so accepted, giving birth to this brain Child has finally become a reality.

Deep Thoughts depicts a lot of my life experiences and the every day happenings. Some of its pieces also portrays a synopsis of public and private figures alike.

Compiling this anthology did not take the form of sitting at a computer for hours and write, instead, most of the poems were writing in the most unusual places. Some of my favorite writing venues were: restaurants, laundry mats, clubs, parks, the bus, the train and strange, but true, the shower.

We live poetry in our every day lives, therefore, it’s not just words written on a piece of paper or in a book; it is the reality of existence.

DEEP THOUGHTS gives you that reality.

Maxine E. Lyons Author of Deep Thoughts 3/24.09

About the Author

Maxine Evadney West-Lyons was born in Kingston Jamaica. She grew up in the lush garden parish of St. Mary, where she attended primary, secondary and tertiary institutions. Maxine went to Northern Caribbean University of the West Indies, (formerly West Indies College) in Manchester where she obtained a degree in Office Administration. After graduating, Maxine returned to Kingston where she worked with Heart Foundation, Precision Arts Limited and Speed- O -Graphic Printers Limited. Mrs. Lyons has received awards for her poetry from: Poetry.com, International Society of Poets and the National Council of Negro Women. On September 10, 2002 she appeared on Good Day New York, Fox 5 television where she was interviewed by their anchor Lyn Brown, and where she read her classic piece “Double Towers”, a poem written about 9-11. Some of her friends have this to say about her: “A great writer, very smart” MDS- the poet with an accent “I thought I knew you, until I read your work” Helen Stein- “Your work sounds like a book” Dawn - sister “That is so moving” Lyn Brown - Fox 5 TV