Escape From The Highlands Poetry 1. Poetry is the expression of life, both real and imagined, lived and desired, achieved and unattainable. It is the articulation of thought into words, the transformation of concepts into language; a metamorphosis that is neither simple nor implicit. To write poetry is to run free, to dream beyond the constraints of mortality and to see beyond the stars. To read poetry is to fertilise and develop one's imagination and to alter the parameters of one's mortal existence.

Journey Poetry 2. Poems describing some of the roads on which the author has travelled and the experiences and people he encountered along the way. Some of these journeys are metaphorical, some are metaphysical and some are just the passage of time.

Observations And Philosophies Poetry 3. As much as Betty Friedan was an activist for equality of the sexes and intended her work to be a catalyst for that revolution, the poems in this collection are intended as a catalyst for freedom of thought and escape from conditioned paradigms of the human condition. Dare to think outside the box and there will be no box Each suburban wife struggled with it alone. As she made the beds, shopped for groceries, matched slipcover material, ate peanut butter sandwiches with her children, chauffeured Cub Scouts and Brownies, lay beside her husband at night -...

Cutting Room Floor Poetry 5. If there is a discernible theme in this collection, then it's probably that of irreverence emanating from what began as wide eyed life observation. Irreverence reflected not only in stories about the indifferent waywardness of youth, but also, as can be seen in the penultimate poem, Father O'Really, the irreverence of behaviour incongruent with one's position in life.

Earnest Endeavour Poetry 6. I was sitting, at an outside table of a cafe in Holborn, enjoying a cafetiere and a baguette when a guy who appeared homeless asked if he could sit at my table. I told him of course he could. A member of the cafe staff came out and told the guy, in no uncertain terms, to clear off. I told the cafe guy to hold on because the man was my guest. He looked me up and down, taking in my perfect, black, three piece suit and impeccable grooming and opened his mouth, presumably to speak. I pre-empted his words by asking him to bring my guest a cup of coffee or whatever drink...

An Heir Of Resignation Poetry 8. An offbeat collection of recently written poetry. The author's ironic sense of humour shines through. Never deterred by the vagaries of life, his curiosity and his stoicism in the face of emotional adversity are unquenchable.

Late Nights And Early Days Poetry 4. Principally a collection of the author's early poetry displaying astonishing depth and ability. -I was drawn to writing protest movement, satirical and blank verse but felt I wasn't entitled to call myself a poet unless and until I'd shown I could write in traditional verse forms. I practised iambic pentameter, haikai, Shakespearean sonnets, rhyming couplets et al until the day I came across the work of Charles Bukowski. From that moment on, it no longer mattered to me whether or not my poetry conformed to any particular paradigm.-

If You Are Easily Shocked, Don't Wear Nylons Poetry 7. Poetry is the expression of life, both real and imagined, lived and desired, achieved and unattainable. It is the articulation of thought into words, the transformation of concepts into language; a metamorphosis that is neither simple nor implicit. To write poetry is to run free, to dream beyond the constraints of mortality and to see beyond the stars. To read poetry is to fertilise and develop one's imagination and to alter the parameters of one's mortal existence.

Ere Yesterday Poetry 9. A collection influenced by mythology and the author's thoughts of love and hope. The statue of Diane de Poitiers as Diana, goddess of the hunt, on the front cover, was created by Jean Goujon (c. 1510 - c. 1565) and stands in the grounds of the Chateau d'Anet, 28260 Anet, France. The castle was used as a filming location in the 1965 James Bond film Thunderball and 1976 film The Pink Panther Strikes Again. As he was finishing this volume of poetry, the author came across the penultimate poem, The Ministry Of Defence Has Confirmed, written some six years ago and mislaid....