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'Poems Everyone Enjoys' is an anthology of 50 original poems, by the author. It's for anyone of mature age (16+), including non-traditional poetry readers.
In this third edition, most of the poems are supported by a coloured illustration.
The vast majority of the poems were inspired by true events -- consisting of the author’s observation of other people, of life in general and of London’s natural and physical environment. The poems also include some personal experiences and opinions of the author, and a large number of personalised poems that are entertaining too. This ebook should, therefore, contain poems that will appeal to any reader, in some form or another.
The author’s poems on people are insightful, on humour he shows wit and on places in his environment his observations are stunningly descriptive.
To further facilitate the reader’s enjoyment the author has included a glossary. This should be invaluable to many readers, especially if English is not their first language.
Poems Everyone Enjoys
With Coloured Illustrations
Michael Rhithm
Copyright © 2016 by: Michael Rhithm
Poetry by: Michael Rhithm. All rights reserved.
No part of this ebook may be reproduced in any written, electronic, recording, or photocopying system, nor stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form, or by any means, without written permission of the publisher or author. The exception would be in the case of brief quotations embodied in the critical articles or reviews and pages where permission is specifically granted by the publisher or author.
Third Edition
First Published: 2017
ISBN: 978-0-244-92957-2
Publisher: Lulu.com
Publisher Location: Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
Contact Email: MRhithm@yahoo.com
Cover Designer: Michael Rhithm
Interior Designer: Michael Rhithm
Editor: Michael Rhithm
Distributor: Lulu.com
This ebook is dedicated to my family, and in particular my mum (Linnette), to whom I must thank deeply for having the forbearance to endure my somewhat reclusive behaviour, and long periods of agonising silence, when I devoted my time to complete this ebook. Once again, thank you all for your understanding and patience. I love you all.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank all those that encourage me to write this belated ebook. Unfortunately, they are too numerous to mention by name, but I’m sure they all know who they are. Suffice to say, that they include my family (to whom this ebook is dedicated), friends, work colleagues at London Bridge Hospital (LBH) and former colleagues at St Thomas’ Hospital.
All the pictures used to compile this book were carefully vetted to ensure that they were either royalty-free or in the public domain (i.e. copyright free). I therefore wish to thank Google images for making them accessible to the general public.
I would also like attribution to be given to the following:
Jenny Lee Fowler, for her portrait of the Silhouette Couple, in ‘Illicit Affair’.
Jeffrey A. Ross, for the use of his grand-daughter’s self-photo, in ‘Happy Birthday, Maleah!’.
Thank you all for the use of your images, to compile this ebook.
This New Venture
My poetry writing has always been a pleasurable past-time pursuit. However, it was never my intention to reveal my poems to the general public. Such thoughts only started simmering away when I began to notice how well my poems were being received by my family, friends, colleagues, and (surprisingly) members of the general public. My only hope is that you, and the wider reading public, will receive as much enjoyment from reading my poems, as I did in writing them.
Selecting the 50 Poems
Selecting the 50 poems, for this ebook, was not an easy decision for me to make, since there were others I would have preferred
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