JEAN ANN OWENS - POEMS

​I, finally put up a website store, to tell my story from the passed in adolescent years.
Print out a free copy of Do You Know Me. Go to, http://www.thesquawkback.com/2016/05/owens.html Feel free to browse at queenjeanann.com.

Accepted by | I am not a silent poet: (Why The Prejudices).
https://iamnotasilentpoet.wordpress.com/category/poetry
Accepted by Adirondack Center for Writing-PoemVillage 2019.
Credits: 2019, published by The Voices Project, title poem, For Me.

Credits: 2018, published by The Voices Project, title poem, For Me.
Accepted by Turn A Page Or Two: 'JESUS LIFT ME UP' by Jean Ann Owens ...
https://johnkaniecki.blogspot.com/2018/04/jesus-lift-me-up-by-jean-ann-owens.html

Credits: In 2017, Triveni Journal, accepted poem, (Can I Make My Way Back Home).
Phree Write Magazine, accepted poem, (Little African Girl).
Accepted by American Literary Translators Association. (Do You Know Me).

Credits: In 2016, The Squawk Back, accepted poems, Do You Know Me (Part One) My Passed In Ohio. Do You Know Me (Part Two) Current In Kentucky.
The Hans India,(newspaper) accepted poem, (Little African Girl ).
The Boston University,(BU COUP D’ ETAT) accepted poem, (September The 5th).

Credits: In 2015, my poems were accepted by, Torrid
Literature Journal, poem, Do You Know Me (Part One ) My
Passed In Ohio.
Spirit Wind Poetry Gallery, accepted poems, Black Princess, Why The Prejudices, My Dream. Famous Poets of The Heartland, accepted poem, Reflections Of Myself.

Singapore Audit (Part One & Part Two)
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Singapore Audit (Part One)
One day at work 
I was bored 
Doing really nothing 
I looked over to the other 
side 
I notice, other employees working 
So, I walked over 
to the International department 
I started to 
ask questions 
I looked on the computer 
Screen 
It said Singapore 
I said Singapore 
I was, so excited 
Only, 
One employee showed me 
How to audit 
What to official inspected 
Where Singapore products goes 
When do products get their 
Why, we have to report on file 
about products, being done, ok. 
One more 
Where, you find information 
Green lights, mean 
Good to go 
Green lights, completed orders 
I learned about Singapore 
less than fifteen minutes 
I really want to 
be transferred to 
International department 
for Singapore products 
Only, 
still excited 

Singapore Audit (Part Two) 
Today's news 
May, 17th, 2018 
approximately around 
twelve midnight 
Our, 
Supervisor called a meeting, and 
the conversation starts like this, 
three new people 
will start tomorrow night 
Next, conversation about openings 
for lead Supervisor in receiving, and 
new Supervisor for International 
who wants to apply 
Next, conversation about multitask 
who wants to learn a new 
Department 
I became overly, excited excessively 
I put my hand up, to say 
yes, I do 
International and work 
I don't know 
What, came over me 
I will do Singapore only 
and nothing else 
Our, 
Supervisor said, ok 
Wow, associate workers 
are looking at 
How happy I am 
What associate workers 
don't know, is that 
I'm writing 
a positive poem 
about Singapore 
I feel empowered 
to say, from my soul 
to authorize 
a new poem 
That is an organizational opportunity 



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PART THREE (AND WORKED ONE WEEK ON FOURTH STREET LIVE)
​Do You Know Me
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I’m standing up on post
At work, now
Working for Securitas Security
In February
I’m wearing a red top
Covered with a black jacket
I’m wearing black uniform pants
I have new black shoes on
From Wal-mart
Dr, Scholl’s
I’m very comfortable
Right, now
On my left side, I here loud music playing
I’m looking at, a band inside the bar, on 4th
Street Live
So, many people inside there
Having fun, dancing, eating, drinking, talking
I turned around, now
Looking forward




Two young men coming off the parking lot
Elevator
One of them
Approaching me, asking me
About a Japanese restaurant
I don’t know where it is
Never heard of it
This day is my first
Night on the job here
On 4th Street Live
This young man is standing, very
Close to me and staring at me
                      And facing me
Both young men
Finally left to fine that
Japanese restaurant
I been working in this area
Awhile
Finally all the places
About to close on Fourth Street Live
Both young men are coming
Before, leaving
One of them
Said, I love you, to me
He doesn’t know me
I don’t know him    



I’m thinking maybe, intuition
Or
Maybe, been drinking
Then he said,
I think I love you
Now
All three of us
Are guessing
Ages
First my age
Now
They want me to guess
There age
One of them, I said twenty-eight
The other one twenty-five
I’m pretty close 
In their ages
I didn’t tell them my age
At all
Both of them were guessing
Never close of guessing my age
One of them
Like my body
        My hair
        My teeth
I don’t know, why



PART THREE (AND WORKED ONE WEEK ON FOURTH STREET LIVE)
Do You Know Me

He standing close to me
Both of them are leaving, now
While
One of them, still stares at me
He gets in the elevator
And kneeled, still looking at me
Like  
He wants to ask me
To marry him
I’m staring at him, looking
Until the elevator closes
Now
Both young men are gone

HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS 2017
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I live here in Louisville, Kentucky
I live in an apartment
Which, is expensive to live in
I live in a good neighborhood

I’m laid off, from a job
And struggling to get another one
I’m fifty three years old
My birthday will be in July

On the 11th
When
I will turn fifty four years old
I have been a security officer

For about seventeen years
I can’t get a decent job, or pay
I have been laid off, since
May 4th of this year

In 2017
Where will I, go
When employment stops
Homelessness, for the first time

How will I get affordable home
Why, don’t
I have a job
I put in applications

What will I do?
What should I do?
Write about it
Yes, I can


Year 2017
Worked at CEVA
I finally, had money
To get a car
A Ford Fiesta Hatchback
Year 2017
Here and Now 2018
Working right here, at
Owens & Minor Distribution, Inc
Yes
My name is, Jean Ann Owens
Yes
What, will this year bring 

GRANDMA JULIA
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She was sweet, warmhearted, caring too
She took care of six children
She didn’t give birth, too
and watched them grow, throughout their adult
life
Her face, chocolate clear
Her strong personality, and high standards
Grandma Julie
Honest and true
Time is slipping away
From you
So young, too soon
Grandma Julia, 62
Died from Lou Gehrig’s disease, on Saturday
Morning
After a three-year illness
She worked at St. Joseph Hospital
A Licensed Practical Nurse
For more than thirty years
A faithful member of the Chapel of the
Redeemer Church
She was loved by many
She will be miss by many
Jean,
Will miss those special days
Shopping and dinner, holidays
God bless you
We do love
And miss you

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Project Title
To Michigan With Love 
Project Description

I believe in Michigan
I believe Michigan would do well
In a poetry literary contest, of quality value, with
emotional effects.
I believe Michigan, can bring all communities to participate
from all ages.
People from Michigan can judge their own people within their State,
by text message, on their favorite poem, with title of the poem?
I believe poets should be awarded between $12,000-17,000 thousand dollars, and should be more than one winner, the best according to Michigan State.
Every person should have a number, example like American Idol. I love the Voice and also, watch American Idol.
I believe it would be phenomenal, to get the next winner on the Voice or American Idol, to perform to the audience in Michigan, maybe one song.
I believe in being chosen, would share, my winning money with beautiful poets from Michigan.

To Michigan With Love,
Jean Ann Owens

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