From Redhawk Publications
Paul Jones’ new collection, Something Necessary, transports us to the ordinary, where it aims and presses down like a Fresnel lens to redirect the light, imbued with a beauty that was always thought too small to see, to sailors such as us as we head for port at night. What results in this alphabetically arranged collection is the sweep of days past, of the stories we tell ourselves, how maturity looks back on youth, and how the need for empowering narrative frames memory. The result is a vividly detailed and sweeping collection, at once relatable and wonderfully accessible. Clive James wrote that it is so difficult for a poet to achieve clarity that if he can manage it, it should be his duty never to be any other way. In Something Necessary, Paul Jones summons that lucidity and writes with grace in his bones.
—David Rigsbee, Watchman in the Knife Factor, New and Selected Poems
Gemini says [but don’t trust it]:
Something Necessary by Paul Jones: Poems for the Digital Age
Bridging the binary, Paul Jones’ “Something Necessary” is a captivating collection of poems that explores the human condition in our technology-driven world. Jones, a professor and poet who champions the digital frontier, masterfully blends wit and wonder. His verses navigate the space between the cold logic of machines and the warmth of the human spirit. “Something Necessary” reminds us that even amidst the constant hum of screens, there are essential things that connect us, things that are, after all, Something Necessary.