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    The Romantic Collection: Red Rose Volume
    The Romantic Collection: Red Rose Volume
    The Romantic Collection: Red Rose Volume
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    The Romantic Collection: Red Rose Volume

    By Mike O'Sullivan

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    Mike writes in his own blank verse style, sometimes unconventional but always with disciplined thought. His poetry derives from his Irish roots and carries his experiences from working abroad and living in the UK in London and different parts of England from the Scottish borders to the Welsh Marches.

    Mike’s interest in lyrics derives from influences during his time in the music industry and his favourite artist Bob Dylan. His poems vary in length, some are short and punchy, others tell a story sometimes with a punch-line. All have a conclusion derived from the condensed thought and emotion.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMike O'Sullivan
    Release dateJun 12, 2014
    ISBN9781311040367
    The Romantic Collection: Red Rose Volume
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    Mike O'Sullivan

    Mike is an Irish novelist and poet, married and living in Herefordshire England. He was born in Dublin and spent his school years in Cork. In primary school Mike needed to get by the eagle-eyed headmaster who looked hard at his long essays designed to hide the words he could not spell. This carried on further up the line when at UCD the Professor of English likened Mike to another who could not spell, George Bernard Shaw. But Mike made the connection, he did not have to be a genius at spelling. He moved to London in his twenties and has worked in a wide range of industries – music and cosmetics, in oil exploration, mining, insurance, catering, City Finance and Management Consultancy. Mike uses that experience in his novels. When he first arrived in London Mike fell in with a group of three other Irishmen debating the philosophical process of making a million or finding a job that was more like pleasure. Mike found the job, but it would take too long to explain his philosophy here. Mike says that in a sense he had a plan for life and so far it has been working out. His novels often start with an individual battling the system but without a plan of how he or she will cope. Mike believes that social systems and institutions are usually rigid when it comes to change or quick decisions and therefore the individual can become trapped. It takes effort, some courage and guile to walk out into the wider world of individual thinking. He shows that an individual can focus enough to even the odds and come out on top. He often uses humour and comedic situations to make his point leaving the reader to consider the underlying philosophy if they wish. A key element of Mike’s writing is the Irish skill of fast paced conversation as Mike’s overall aim is to entertain his readers.

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      The Romantic Collection - Mike O'Sullivan

      The Romantic Collection

      by Mike O’Sullivan

      Red Rose Volume

      Copyright © 2013 by Mike O’Sullivan

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      Contents

      1 Memory

      2 Bridge of sighs

      3 Eileen

      4 Red dress floater

      5 The queue

      6 Shelter

      7 Long term confession

      8 Getting back to normal

      9 Pour out love lyrics

      10 What I say -

      11 All I want -

      12 The body heat -

      13 You say -

      14 The wedding day

      15 True love

      16 Side look

      17 World’s eyes

      18 The meeting

      19 Party woman

      20 Circles

      21 I saw no sign of you

      22 Pictures

      23 Reflection

      24 Two virgins and a wet dream

      25 The word

      26 Kathleen – in remembrance

      27 The tide

      28 Today

      29 Candles

      30 Out of a night

      31 Sentimental journeys

      32 The relationship

      33 October sex

      34 Passing glances

      35 The waves

      1 Memory

      Lanes of memory bends to get by

      tall hedges obscure and the sky is high

      I reach each bend in a state of suspense

      pass drives and gates where there is silence

      passing places high expectation

      to be controlled by near miss sensation

      fallen branches deep ditches, mud

      run over wildlife bodies and blood

      into this picture drivers and their minds

      shoot pass the corners and all the signs

      there I met my love at a passing place

      smiles released in a sea of grace

      windows wind

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