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Musings of a country boy, lest I forget, Edward Cole Joyner

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Musings of a country boy

Edward Cole Joyner

lest I forget

In 2007, Edward Cole Joyner was moved to write a number of poems about his experiences growing up in rural Virginia. Ed was born in Richmond, Virginia, and his family lived between Purdy (a country road community) and Jarratt, a small town in Greensville and Sussex Counties in Southeastern Virginia. Ed grew up on a farm that grew peanuts, and as a child developed a love for the outdoors. After his graduation from The College of William and Mary, he settled in Williamsburg, Virginia, and began his career in Human Resources. Ed reflects that he wrote these thirty one poems to get streams of his childhood and mid-life memories out of his head. He says that his experiences somewhat haunted him in such that they insisted on being written, sometimes in batches. Ed is an avid kayaker and is a passionate outdoorsman who has hiked many Shenandoah National Park trails and most of the state parks in Virginia. Ed is still connected to his roots in Jarratt and is improving wildlife habitat and forestry on his old childhood property. He is married to Patricia, and has two adult children, Cole and Clara

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