Thoughts and Memories - Paperback

by Thomas Dillon (Author)

An old man sits alone and reminisces about his first love and decides to put his thoughts and memories into poetry. The poems are about two young children who were very much in love. Everyone who knew them were aware of how much they cared for each other. They were always together. Their playmates thought that their feelings toward each other was great, however the childrens parents and other grown-ups considered their affair a childish passing fancy and very amusing. These feelings began to change when the puppy love continued from grade school through high school and beyond.Still together-- Still openly expressing their love for each other.There were many people that were surprised that the couple stayed together as long as they did but everyone was shocked when they learned that the couple had broken up. These poems recall the pain and grief suffered by the young man, now old, as he tries to find the appropriate words to express these feelings. There are a few other poems included in the text which were written by the old man to obtain relief from the memories of an old love story which again was causing him some pain.

Author Biography

About The Author Tom Dillon was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey and resided there until moving to Kiawah Island, SC in 1991. Tom was in the Marine Corps from 1944 to 1946 stationed in Quantico, Va and assigned to Special Services. Returning to civilian life he was employed as a laboratory assistant in the Research and Development Center of a large engineering company. He attended night school and after graduating from Newark College of Engineering(now known as New Jersey Institute of Technology) with a BS in Chemical Engineering he was named the Director of the Research Center. He later became a Project Manager in the home office in New York city reporting directly to the Vice President of the engineering department.He worked 30 years with a few engineering companies before starting his own consulting business specializing in environmental clean-up projects. Tom Dillon was listed in" Who, s Who in Engineering" in both US and Canada and held patents in agriculture, pharmaceuticals and environmental fields.