Richard James Pontes
▪︎ Devoted Son, Brother, Uncle, Friend
• Introspective Introvert
• Artist who's works appears in various locations including Fatima Shrine, Boston, MA
• Co-founder and drummer of The Mood band with the late Arthur Orfanos created in their years together at the Jr. High East, Arlington MA circa 1975. Released their CD of The Mood: Live From The Boston Tea Party in 1990s. Can now be played on Spotify and purchased in mp3 format on Amazon.
• Published poet of Songs of the Wilderness book on Amazon https://a.co/d/2WnZMCN
Praise God; and I Remember Knowing: a journey into a young man's life of faith, hope, loss and love.
• Successful Facebook Meta Page: Poet's Corner-Richard's Originals. Over 350 original poems where found among his possessions along with his artwork. A FB page was created and quickly grew to 3,500 members during it's introduction in 2015. An original poem was posted daily for a year. Subscribers from 40 Countries represented. His page premiered 20 years after his untimely undetermined death.
https://www.facebook.com/PoetsCornerRichardsOriginals?mibextid=ZbWKwL
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The Mood Band Jammin' Session
California Dreamin' - Band Practice, etc
The world Richard knew
Family milestones in gold, history for context
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