Category Archives: poems

“The Writer’s Pen and Other Poems” is now available for purchase in the Kindle store

8 Replies

I am pleased to announce that my collection of poems, “The Writer’s Pen and Other Poems” is available for purchase in the Amazon Kindle store.

PREVIEW, BUY and/or SHARE:

You can listen to a podcast of my interview on Vancouver Co-op Radio’s The World Poetry Reading Series, in which I discuss (and read from) “The Writer’s Pen”, by following this link, http://worldpoetry.ca/?p=13500. Please note, my interview begins approximately 10 minutes into the podcast.

“The Writer’s Pen” has received 2 great reviews, which can be found here, https://wp.me/pVsXa-2rt and here https://wp.me/p7Uxin-3hc.

Where To Buy:

To purchase or download a free sample of “The Writer’s Pen” please go to https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07GD1LBMV/ (for the UK) and https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07GD1LBMV/ (for the USA).

I have published 5 previous collections of poems, links to which can be found below:

“My Old Clock I Wind and Other Poems”,

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0735JBVBG/ (for the UK) and https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0735JBVBG/ (for the USA).

“Lost In The Labyrinth Of My Mind”,

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01AF5EPVY/ (for the USA) and https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01AF5EPVY/ (for the UK).

“Refractions”,

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01L5UC2H2/ (for the UK) and https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01L5UC2H2/ (for the USA).

“The Girl Who Wasn’t There”,

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0155KSKOC/ (for the USA) and https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0155KSKOC/ (for the UK).

And “Dalliance”,

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00QQVJC7E/ (for the UK) and https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00QQVJC7E/ (for the USA).

There Was A Young Man Called Pete

3 Replies

There was a young man called Pete
Who dated a girl with bare feet.
As she walked down the wedding aisle
The congregation did smile
As she had no shoes on her feet!

There Was A Young Man Named Neil

Leave a reply

There was a young man named Neil
Who borrowed his girlfriend’s high heel.
It suited him so well
That a journalist called Nell
Wrote a story about Neil’s high heel …

Skim Reading Is The New Normal

Leave a reply

My thanks to my friend, Brien for drawing the below article to my attention.

“We need to cultivate a new kind of brain: a “bi-literate” reading brain capable of the deepest forms of thought in either digital or traditional mediums. A great deal hangs on it: the ability of citizens in a vibrant democracy to try on other perspectives and discern truth; the capacity of our children and grandchildren to appreciate and create beauty; and the ability in ourselves to go beyond our present glut of information to reach the knowledge and wisdom necessary to sustain a good society”.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/aug/25/skim-reading-new-normal-maryanne-wolf