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The Paragon is my first publication, based upon my experience of teaching in schools and colleges, universities, looking at the power of words and how they can cut like a sword, affect emotion without even placing a finger onto another human being. How does one say something and obtain the intentional effect? - This is something I have experimented with for many years and can say, I am still fascinated by the concept even today - a bio-rhythm as seen within nature, that is the machinery or contributing factor of our existence, the by-product being momentum or the measurement,time! When people mention poetry, it can conjour up any escape of the imagination to any one individual and may also suggest to the ‘bulldog’ male, or even female (without stereotyping), feminine overtones. Perhaps one needs to reflect on their own personal profile and decide if it is categorised as a weakness or strength. You only have to look throughout history of most leaders and the war generals to acknowledge a written form that holds a beat is a large persuader of mindset and also allows us scope to hang on and to remember some aspects of humanity. Try the author's website and see the coloured illustrations to accompany the poems within: 'The Paragon' Publication. http://paragon.myvnc.com
What love have I loved an empty shell.
Only to see it like a mist of reflection
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The mystics brew.
Through the depths of the mist and the ferns with dew,
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Where darkness resides,
An open space, I feel my way,
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The furnace burns ready for the squeeze.
Into the fire, tamahagane steel and coke
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What does one write?
About, bees and honey?
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The parcelled up boxes ready to load…
I thought it would be easier for her to let go…
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Bewitched, images form my world.
Adventure, romance and action…
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One fills it, with treasures of love.
In the short days of meeting
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This can be broken,
Reputation can be damaged
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I contemplate my past and future
And with reflection I dwell....
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