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    Burnt Toast
    Burnt Toast
    Burnt Toast
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    Burnt Toast

    By Peter Barns

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    Burnt Toast is a collection of thirteen comic poems and a light hearted look at life in 2013. I hope you enjoy reading this collection as much as I enjoyed writing it.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPeter Barns
    Release dateFeb 3, 2013
    ISBN9781301244003
    Burnt Toast
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    Peter Barns

    Author - Poet - VersifierBorn in Harlsden on the outskirts of London in 1943, Peter Barns spent his formative years living beside Regent's Park.Educated at a Secondary Modern school, he left with just one qualification in 'O' Level Art.Passing through a variety of occupations after leaving school, he finally ended up working in the construction industry as an electrician. After taking his City & Guilds, he became an electrical engineer and spent the next twenty years working on building sites. Somewhere in there he got married and divorced - a couple of times - and had two children.He moved to the Highlands of Scotland in the late 1980's along with his partner. With the move came a new occupation - counselling people with alcohol and drug problems - which he did for six years before managing a charitable company recycling redundant computers back into the community.Now retired he spends his time writing, and refurbishing houses.I love my mind: it takes me to fabulous places where strange creatures roam. A land unseen and unexplored. A visage reflecting the faces I've seen, the words I've heard and dreams yet to come.Peter Barns 2014

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