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    Words...
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    Words...

    By S J Robinson

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    Words. Words are part of our every day life, whatever our language, creed or background. Words have power that little else can match; they can make you happy or make you weep with sadness, they can cause great pain or, alternatively inspire great courage. Where will words take you? What will you do with them? What will you feel?

    This collection of poetry essentially consists of two sections: Hindsight, which mainly pertains to aspects of the First World War, including humour. It is nor just for readers with military interest and, although the main message is Remembrance, it is also relevant to anyone, everyone who has experienced laughter, grief, irony, hope in adversity and the strength of human friendship. Explanations discuss historic detail referred to within the poems.

    The second section, 'Words' contains verse on other subjects, from Hamlet spoofs to and ode about Scotland.

    All works, illustrations included , are the original work of the author
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse UK
    Release dateNov 18, 2011
    ISBN9781467007610
    Words...
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    S J Robinson

    Born in 1977 in Norfolk, England, the author started writing aged eight and had their first publication at the age of 17, after a visit to the battlefields of France and Flanders and is called 'Now Poppies Grow' - it is included in the collection. This book is in two parts: the first, 'Hindsight,' is dedicated to all who fought in the conflict of 1914-1918, the second, 'Words' contains 'normal' poems, written over the years for various reasons. Sometimes the verses just come, sometimes they are produced for people who have asked for a piece on a particular subject "Why do I write about the War? The reason is in itself simple. I believe people should not forget what happened, that we should have learnt so much from it. Unfortunately, that's something us humans rarely manage:- taking the lessons left by those who "went before."

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      Words... - S J Robinson

      Words…

      S J Robinson

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      © 2011 S J Robinson. All rights reserved.

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      First published by AuthorHouse 11/8/2011

      ISBN: 978-1-4670-0760-3 (sc)

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      Contents

      Author’s Note

      Part I

      Hindsight

      -The War Poetry-

      Old Friend’s Last Request

      Shadows

      The Hour of Grace

      The Sound of Summer

      Betrayed – 1st July 1916

      I was Young

      The Cult of the Hero

      Fallen in Action

      Don’t Judge Us

      Dr Rivers

      Community Harvest

      Broken Promises

      The Piper

      There’s a Rat

      Tour of The Camp 13TH CCS

      When Glory Came to the Trenches

      Stretcher Bearer!

      Night Ghouls

      A Little Wonky

      The Lost Cause

      Now Poppies Grow

      Passchendaele

      Missed and Presumed Dead

      A Visit to Menin

      Tyne Cot

      These Bones are Sacred

      You Ask Me Why I Weep

      August 4th, 1914

      From Calais to the Salient

      Who’ll Cry for Them?

      Parch-Marks

      Un-named Boys in Un-marked Graves

      Part II

      Words…

      Prospects of Peace

      Peace

      OMLET, SNIFFS OF DENMARK 3:1

      The Play in Short

      Muses of a Prince

      Maverick

      My Highland Home

      A Farmer’s Parable

      See Amid

      The Servant King

      Old Man

      Ye Olde Teacher

      Headmaster

      Rush Hour at Cambridge Station

      My Master’s Nose

      Window on a Storm

      The Pit

      In the Bleak Mid-Winter

      Ode to Exam Invigilators

      What is Love?

      Major Sharpe’s Appointments for the Day

      Scotland

      England

      Remember, Remember,

      Author’s Note

      Essentially, this book is in two parts; ‘Hindsight, the War Poetry’ and ‘Words’ – the contents written and illustrated by myself

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