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    Pictures in Words
    Pictures in Words
    Pictures in Words
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    Pictures in Words

    By Dave Gallivan

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    This book contains selected poems from my collection, although very simple
    in content, they represent and depict many experiences that I have been
    through over the past two years. Writing poetry has helped me express
    feelings that otherwise would be locked away, and consequently, I believe that as
    a result of writing poetry, I have gained a degree of healing, and have been able
    to air many frustrations, coming to terms with some of the bad decisions that I
    have made.
    Many of the poems within the book, become pictures in my mind, and will hopefully
    mean many things to many readers. The natural world and nature inspire me in
    many of my writings, and they are often used as a vehicle to convey my thoughts.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherXlibris UK
    Release dateMar 19, 2012
    ISBN9781469177755
    Pictures in Words
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    Dave Gallivan

    During his Military career, his work has encompassed a wide variety of skills. He spent two years teaching young soldiers in Kent, where he met his wife Debra. Married at 27yrs of age, they travelled with his Regiment until he retired at 41yrs of age. He retired as the Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant Major, a senior Warrant Officer within his unit. His work in Northern Ireland earned him “The Queens Commendation for Valuable Service” and Commendations from the General Officer Commanding Northern Ireland. He now lives in a valley cottage in Swansea, South Wales, where his interests are Pig Keeping, Gardening, writing poetry and short stories. He has had a degree of success with his writing, more notably with six inclusions into various anthologies of poetry. Recently he has completed a distance learning course with the Educational Academy, and achieved an outstanding grade for the portfolio he submitted.

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      Pictures in Words - Dave Gallivan

      Copyright © 2012 by Dave Gallivan.

      Library of Congress Control Number:       2012903910

      ISBN:         Hardcover                               978-1-4691-7774-8

                         Softcover                                 978-1-4691-7773-1

                         Ebook                                      978-1-4691-7775-5

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.

      To order additional copies of this book, contact:

      Xlibris Corporation

      1-888-795-4274

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      Orders@Xlibris.com

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      CONTENTS

      Introduction

      The Hunter And The Circle Of Life

      The Healing Powers Of Nature

      Moonlight

      Brothers In Arms

      Nature Cries

      Mr Hyde

      Dark Depression

      Free Nature

      The Slob

      A Dream

      Temptation

      A Walk With My Friend

      A Dream In Hell Second Chance

      Imagine

      A Sombre Thought

      Senseless

      Return Of The Gloom

      Creative Addiction

      Soldier Or Pawn

      Welcome To Wales

      I Was King

      Spring Is In The Air

      My Friend Is Back Again

      Carcophany

      The Innocent Victim

      A Reflection Of Nature

      Remember?

      Seasonsonal Attitude Disorder

      Life In Reverse

      Marital Bliss

      My Mid-Life Crisis

      Unwanted Friend

      Love Like Diamonds

      Life Goes On

      Life

      If You Go Down To The Woods

      When The Skiers Leave

      I Wanna Want To

      A Shopping Trolly

      Pipe And Slippers

      Sounds Of Summer

      Live For Today

      Road Kill

      Aeolus The Wind God

      Flash Flood

      Sixties Child

      Up And At Em Lads

      So Why Brave Soldier

      Mermaid

      Foxed By A Cockerel

      The Butterfly

      The Best Years Of Our Lives

      Buzzard Bold

      I would like to thank and give credit to the photographer who kindly provided The good photographs for this book; you will know which ones they are straight away. His name is Martin Davies, a former Colleague from the military, now living in Paderborn Germany, where he specializes in outdoor photography, such as landscape, and nature.

      More of his work can be seen at:

      www.martins-photography.com

      INTRODUCTION

      Before you rush impatiently into my naïve collection of rhymes and questionable poetic writings, I would like to set the record straight by explaining that my view of poetry is simple. It doesn’t necessarily comply with strict meter/metre or indeed have any syllabic pattern and would probably not go down too well with those who might consider themselves elitist in the world of poetry. Although, in reality, I very much doubt many poets do consider themselves elitist.

      Quite simply, I love writing verse and sharing what I write with others, however, I do appreciate the importance and the need to keep the Shakespearean Sonnet alive and kicking, and I have the greatest respect for all the great poets of our time, after all, these famous people form part of our countries history, and should be remembered for their greatness and achievements.

      Most of the greatest poets of years gone by had university or grammar school education whereby they studied the great classics and therefore had a greater understanding of the readings and writings of poetry. I on the other hand must confess to knowing very little of their work, or indeed the poets themselves, I just like creating rhyming ramblings for personal gratification.

      My aim in the following pages, is simply to share my interpretation of what I consider poetic writing, and hopefully dispel any pre conceived notions that all poetry is only for those who study the great poets and wish to replicate their brilliance.

      So, for simplicity, I would urge you to read the various versions with an open mind and let the poems be to you, whatever you want them to be.

      You will notice that most of the following poems are written in four line stanzas with simple rhyming schemes, and if you’re lucky, you may even notice that in fact one or two of the poems

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