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I write for pleasure and when I feel strongly about something I find it much easier to be articulate writing my feelings down than trying to explain myself vocally. Some of the poems I wrote when my marriage broke down after twenty years are quite dark and depressing, but there is always the golden thread of hope running through which lifts the spirit at the end. It would be nice to think that readers of my work could relate to some of my sentiments,...
2) Who Is Me
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A collection of poems as inside became visible from the outside now that 60 is here. Words emerge from personal and professional, internal and external, experiences. The poems are grouped and ordered in a way that makes sense to me! I hope you find some links and resonance, whatever life has thrown your way.
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Nocturnal Sunrise is a collection of dark sombre verse reflecting the thoughts and memories of the author. Its deep and often menacing content reveals life as seen through her eyes. Each verse concentrates on the heart rendering pain explored within relationships, trying to capture the torment, pain and suffering that is felt when betrayed. Each poem tries to explore our deepest turmoil. Emotions we often refuse to recognise, demonising such thoughts...
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Imagine! You divorce a man who has been abusing you for years, threatening your life and killing the two lives that mattered the most to you. Now that he fi nds out you have started a new life, a new career, found true love and a new man he wants you dead. No one will stop him not even the law. If he cant have you no one can!
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Family Secrets and Lies is based on a true story written to help Joanna come to terms with her life. This is the story of Joanna, who as a small child is affected by ill health, and suffers all forms of dreadful abuse. This then carries forward into her marriage. Through all the hard times in her childhood she has shown how to cope with the help of some people. She demonstrates how the families around her inject humour and good fun into the life that...
8) L.I.F.E
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...But you don't; cause your world; You know it'll come crashing down; all the way to the ground...' - Control '...Don't look back and when you shine, You can say to them, this life is mine...' - This Life is Yours '...Prove them wrong, Show them your heart song, Metaphorically speaking, that is, Reach the stars, by being who you are...
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Sometimes the only way to make sense of life is to translate it into a language one understands. This book is a gallery of abstract poetry that capture moments of life experiences and philosophies, written from an individual point of view. King Solomon said that there is nothing new under this sunPerhaps what he meant was that experiences, thoughts and emotions are not alien. They belong to many people and identify with many people. These poems are...
11) Poems of a Woman
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This book was written in 2011. Some of the poems and songs date back to 2003. Some of the poems and songs have not been inserted in this book due to original book and papers being lost. A view on emotions looking out and looking within.
12) Tell Me No Lies
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The book itself; Tell me no lies, is about a middle aged recently divorced woman struggling to keep her sanity in a world she is naive to and blunders along bumping into one disaster after another. She believes herself to be independent and a strong woman but finds herself to be quite vulnerable and fragile suddenly entering a world of devious corrupt behaviour which envelopes her in fear and almost giving up, not knowing who to trust and then struggling...
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Here I write of life in a language permeated by fear... dreadfully suppressed memories of the child beaten by a drunken father, waiting for fate to forgive me. A carbon copy repeated in brutal patterns and destroying the faith of my family: my wife and two daughters. They bore the brunt of my alcoholic dependence, which ultimately resulted in divorce and alienation. This tormented man, when challenged about being drunk and abusive, plunged further...
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Footsteps Across A Miracle is a collection of poems about everyday life, people and situations, some funny, some tragic. There are also cryptic philosophies which are both uplifting and encouraging. Footsteps was inspired by a special lady who flew across the Atlantic to find a new family for two orphaned Dutch boys and to provide for them a good education and all the things two growing youngsters should be able to enjoy. In some ways it is a tribute...
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In days of troubled times, when the road ahead is shrouded by uncertainty it is comforting to be reminded that there is hope. A book of glimmering hope and inspiration, 108 Gems of Wisdom encapsulates the essence of all that is wonderful in life. Finding guidance from the teachings of Sri Sathya Sai Baba, this book came into being to show others the path towards a more worthwhile and successful life with the practice of moral development. Truth, Right...
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Hi, I'm Alexis. My home is in London, England. When I was 13, two friends and myself wrote a book. We took turns writing. It was very exciting finding out every break at school, what each of us had written about our heroes or heroines. I have always loved putting words together. After bringing up a family, I developed a serious, debilitating and painful illness. I don't expect you to say Ahh!. I mention it because it is due to that I took up writing...
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The World of Deceit is the first a collection of poems by Mathew Owens. It ranges for the dark and highly critical, to the light hearted and almost romantic. Original started as a way of dealing with depression and expressing himself, quickly turned into a project consuming time like a hungry animal, now it here and finished. With poems dealing with depression, love, friends, relationships and some bordering on fantasy.
19) Unheard Voices
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I started to write this work in 1994, my first serious attempt at writing creatively. I discovered that I just had to get them down onto paper and out of my head. In this collection I try to reveal the range of intimate emotions and thoughts that are trapped inside of me. Often our Unheard Voices never see the light of day. I have the strength to share with you the voices I hear in my mind and heart. I hope that they will spark something off in you...
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