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    Is It Me, Or Is It My Age?
    Is It Me, Or Is It My Age?
    Is It Me, Or Is It My Age?
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    Is It Me, Or Is It My Age?

    By John Wood Philips

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    After climbing the stairs,

    And reaching the top,

    After pausing for breath,

    And having to stop.

    As it’s no longer clear,

    As to why you are here.

    Is It Me, Or Is It My Age?

    This is one of the many verses in John Wood Philip’s book of poems, looking back through his life now that he has been through much of it, overcoming the many obstacles that life has thrown his way. We are taken through a whole range of emotions the author was feeling when he put pen to paper, and this is evident in the writing. Some are poignant, some are true. Some are based on actual events, others are entirely fictional; it is left to the reader to decide which are which. Either way, the author hopes that you will enjoy reading them as much as he enjoyed writing them.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAustin Macauley
    Release dateJul 2, 2018
    ISBN9780463861059
    Is It Me, Or Is It My Age?
    Author

    John Wood Philips

    Hello, I am a mature student at Gloucester College, taking a GCSE in English. Having left school in the sixties with no qualifications, I went to work in the engineering industry. I have lived in Gloucester since the seventies, when I met my wife and got married. I have three grown up children and two grandchildren. You will hear of Harry and Freya later on in the book in the poem 'My Grandson Harry'.

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      Is It Me, Or Is It My Age? - John Wood Philips

      About the author

      Hello, I am a mature student at Gloucester College taking a GCSE in English.

      Having left school in the sixties with no qualifications I went to work in the engineering industry. I have lived in Gloucester since the seventies when I met my wife and got married. I have three grown-up children and two grandchildren. You will hear of Harry and Freya later on in the book in the poem My Grandson Harry.

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      IS IT ME,OR IS IT MY AGE?

      Published by Austin Macauley at Smashwords

      Copyright 2 John Wood Philips

      The right of to be identified as author of this work has been asserted by in accordance with section 77 and 78 of the

      Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All Rights Reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No paragraph of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with the written permission of the publisher, or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright Act 1956 (as amended). Any person who commits any unauthorised act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages.

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      A CIP catalogue record for this title is

      available from the British Library.

      www.austinmacauley.com

      IS IT ME,OR IS IT MY AGE?

      ISBN 9781787101326 (Paperback)

      ISBN 9781787101333 (E-Book)

      Austin Macauley Publishers Ltd.

      First Published in 2018

      AustinMacauley

      CGC-33-01, 25 Canada Square

      Canary Wharf, London E14 5LQ

      Acknowledgements

      Many thanks to all of those people who encouraged me to keep on writing these poems and to get them published into a book.

      A special mention to John Mvula, my friend who helped me collate all my poems and prepare this book for publication.

      Gloucester College who helped me with the course I was taking and without whom I would never have started writing poetry.

      All my friends at the Brunswick Baptist church, Gloucester City Mission and Gloucester Salvation Army for all their free food and drinks they have supplied me with over the past two years.

      Without their encouragement I would have given up all hope a long time ago.

      To you all a big

      THANK YOU.

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      Foreword

      It all started for me in September of 2013 when I decided to start taking an evening course in photography. Little was I to know what would happen then. There I was, well into my course taking photographs of my given subject of the week. We were told to keep a portfolio of our work so that it could be displayed at the end of the term. This I did and started showing friends some of the photos I had taken. They were very good, but rather boring to look at, so, I decided to start writing poems to go along with some of my photos to describe why I took that particular picture. The first few I wrote were about nature: a spider, a bee, autumn leaves and then the tall ship in the docks undergoing renovation. After showing these to my friends I started getting comments on how good they were, and then suddenly out of the blue I was getting words coming into my head, often at two or three in the morning. I would wake and find that I was unable to sleep, so many words were drifting around inside my head I just had to write them down.

      As soon as my pen touched the paper off I would go, words would pour into my head from where I knew not. I found I was writing these verses of poetry that I simply had no idea I could write. All of these poems were written by me at a time when I was going through different emotions, as you will be able to tell from the poems themselves. Some are poignant, some are true. Some are based on true facts, others are entirely fictional; I will leave you to decide which are which. Either way, I hope you all enjoy them as much as I enjoyed writing them.

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      Contents

      Who Will Care?

      Who Cares?

      Forgotten Hero

      The Life Line

      The Broken Man

      Let’s Hope

      Such Style

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