Imagine Words are Gods by David James

For forty-five years, David James worked as a director of admissions, dean of academics and a writing faculty member. In addition to publishing ten books and six chapbooks of poetry, James has had more than forty of his one-act plays produced in the U.S., Ireland and England. His most recent book is The Cup of Living from Main Street Rag Press in 2026. 

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PRAISE:

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“In this new collection David James, with his trademark wit and waggery, offers readers the sustenance they might almost have forgotten: how to navigate the joys and sorrows of a life well lived with humor, humility, and a heart that will ‘keep us moving in the thunder and rain, remind us after the crying and sobbing the morning sun might lean in the bedroom window to kiss our foreheads gently until we open our eyes.’ These are poems to carry with you.”

–Robert Haight, author of Feeding Wild Birds

 

“‘It boils down to survival,’ David James tells us. Suffering happens. But we need it, he reminds us, in order to allow happiness ‘to feed the heart.’ The way poetry and prayer can. The way dreaming can. With James’ signature humor, and wonderful imagination, he once again strips away any kind of didactic lecture to show us most vividly how to hold life in your ‘bare hands and shape the clouds before they shape you.’ This enchanting book speaks of choice – and suggests that we choose, use our God-given gifts to ‘imagine the best.’ It’s an option. Take it.”

–Joy Gaines-Friedler, author of Capture Theory and Secular Audacity