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    The Journey of Pieces: From Blank to Blare
    The Journey of Pieces: From Blank to Blare
    The Journey of Pieces: From Blank to Blare
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    The Journey of Pieces: From Blank to Blare

    By Keith Sly

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    The Journey of Pieces traces a journey of a young poet and of the pieces composed by her. Inspiration for her poems came to her in response to events in her life. Her poems share sensations of love, pain, and whimsy. This collection chronicles the changes that author Keith Sly Simpson encountered as she approached each new event or occurrence in her life. She bares her feelings in verse as she lives the moments that inspire her time and again.

    From sorrow to love to confusion to passion, she explores the diverse set of emotions that exist in her own personal world. The Journey of Pieces provides a glimpse into the life of a teen who is just learning to spread her creative wings and take literary flight.

    I Dont Wanna Be the Stars (14th March 2013)
    I dont wanna be the stars but a moon
    I dont wanna be the planets but rather sun
    I dont wanna follow anyone
    But just portray my inner self soon
    Dont wanna become the echo but rather remain silent
    Dont wanna show my back and turn
    But rather stay and learn
    Dont wanna become unique but rather me
    Dont wanna hear or just see but rather feel
    But all above I just want to
    LIVE, LIVE, LIVE!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAbbott Press
    Release dateJul 1, 2013
    ISBN9781458210296
    The Journey of Pieces: From Blank to Blare
    Author

    Keith Sly

    Keith Sly Simpson, born in January of 1997, began to write and express her thoughts through poetry at age thirteen. Her other interests include reading, photography, and computer games. Currently in high school, she lives with her parents and has two siblings. She lives in India. This is her first book.

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      The Journey of Pieces - Keith Sly

      Copyright © 2013 Keith Sly.

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or by any information storage retrieval system without the written permission of the publisher except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

      Abbott Press books may be ordered through booksellers or by contacting:

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      Phone: 1-866-697-5310

      Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

      Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Thinkstock are models, and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.

      Certain stock imagery © Thinkstock.

      ISBN: 978-1-4582-1030-2 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4582-1029-6 (e)

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2013911485

      Abbott Press rev. date: 6/25/2013

      CONTENTS

      PREFACE

      ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

      1. SCHOOL AND MY WORLD (29th October 2010)

      2. ROMANTIC MONSOON (20TH December 2010)

      3. JUST GOING MERRY (23RD December 2010)

      4. THE PIP AND THE LIFE (06th May 2011)

      5. WAR AND PEACE (25TH July 2011)

      6. DUSK TO DAWN (18TH August 2011)

      7. SEASONS OF LIFE (28TH October 2011)

      8. PIECE (07th November 2011)

      9. JUST A MERE FEAR (19TH October 2011)

      10. NOW AS YOU’RE GONE (9th December 2011)

      11. WISH YOU WERE HERE (10th December 2011)

      12. DROPS OF LIFE (28th January 2012)

      13. HOPE IT’S YOU…

      14. IT’S WAS YOU (18th February 2012)

      15. A LOOK THAT SAYS… (20th February 2012)

      16. THE JOURNEY OF ROCK (17th March, 2012)

      17. TOMORROW (18th March 2012)

      18. QUIRK OF FATE (31st July 2012)

      19. IT’S NOT ONLY ABOUT YOU (31st July 2012)

      20. THE MIRROR (8th August 2012)

      21. SOMETHINGS (10th August 2012)

      22. BEAUTIFUL DEATH COMES WITH PLEASANT LIFE (15TH August 2012)

      23. ESCAPING INTO ANOTHER WORLD (19TH August 2012)

      24. POETS OF THE FALL (9th September 2012)

      25. NONSENSE (13TH September 2012)

      26. I LEARNED (16th October 2012)

      27. MY FIRST CUT (11th November 2012)

      28. BRUISES OF PAST (14TH December 2012)

      29. RUNNING FOR LIFE (14TH December 2012)

      30. ISOMNIAC (19TH December 2012)

      31. I DREAM (28th January 2013)

      32. ME AND YOU (29TH January 2013)

      33. DID YOU? (31st January 2013)

      34. WHEN I FIRST CAME IN MY MOTHER’S WOMB (18TH February 2013)

      35. I DON’T WANNA BE THE STARS (14th March 2013)

      36. IT HAS BEEN A TRICKY RELATION (14th March 2013)

      37. I DIDN’T KNOW WHAT TO SAY (20TH January 2013)

      38. STUPID OF ME (30TH March 2013)

      39. A Teacher- AN ANGEL IN DISGUISE (01st April 2013)

      42. MAGIC IN THY HANDS (08th April 2013.)

      41. WORDS (10th April 2013.)

      42. TRY (10th April 2013.)

      43. A NOTE (4th May 2013.)

      44. WHEN THE TIMES WERE TOUGH HE WAS WITH ME (17th May 2013.)

      45. ODE TO LOVE (30th May 2013)

      EPILOUGUE

         Dedicated to two of the best men in my life….

            -My father (V.K.D) and my school father (P.S.M)

      PREFACE

      T HIS BOOK TAKES ON A JOURNEY of me and the pieces composed by me. Inspiration for this was something I got it on my way of completing it. This has the elements of love, pain, and even craziness.

      This book has the creations by me, not merely creations but rather a process of changes taking place. Changes which made me closer to who I am today. This book is simple in its words but that deep to be felt. While I was compiling it, I was able to live those moments once again, whether sorrow, love or perplexed, each one served as a reminder to me of who I was before and now.

      It means a lot to me as this marks a part of my life and also as this is the only reason maybe for which I think I learnt how to write.

      This book doesn’t have much of intention but certainly has one thing to convey and that’s to create a journey of your own. Try to experience this journey of mine to start a rebellion of your own.

      KEITH SLY

      ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

      T HIS BOOK HAS A LOT TO people to thank for. (Names have been kept in initials for their sake of privacy)

      Firstly I want to say a big thanks to my teacher P.S.M who sowed this seed of writing and further to my father V.K.D who helped me through this.

      Secondly my friends, there are many (A.T, A.R, U.S and S.S) who read my poems and helped me to grow. Plus mom G.D and my siblings P.D and S.D who like a shield were there for me always. The other people who helped in this were a relative of mine who suggested me to go and publish.

      A very big thanks to all of which were behind making of this.

      And now as you are going to read it, you too are to be thankful of. Thank you reader.

      KEITH SLY

      I WAS A VERY STUBBORN AND INDEPENDENT girl. Every quality that makes a perfect piece .There was nothing which was impossible for me, but always behind every master piece hides a fault. And I too had one.

      Has it ever happened to you, when you think of something and say- that’s something I am never going to do. Yeah this was the case of me and the thing for which I said so was ‘writing poetry’. Something I was so scared of, so scared that I didn’t even used to read one.

      Well but it all started with one tinsy-bitsy homework of writing one. I was in

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