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    Verse Fest: I, Poet Series, Vol 4
    Verse Fest: I, Poet Series, Vol 4
    Verse Fest: I, Poet Series, Vol 4
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    Verse Fest: I, Poet Series, Vol 4

    By Anthony North

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    I'm a writer first, poet last; I've written some stinkers in the past; I don't compose like others do; I write for me as well as you; So here's volume four, alas.

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    PublisherAnthony North
    Release dateApr 4, 2013
    ISBN9781301816668
    Verse Fest: I, Poet Series, Vol 4
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    Anthony North

    Thinker & Storyteller****7,453 Words to Save the UK and I,Writer are now FREE. Scroll down to find them.*****1955 (Yorkshire, England) – I am born (Damn! Already been done). ‘Twas the best of times ... (Oh well).I was actually born in the year of Einstein's death, close to Scrooge's Counting House. It doesn't mean anything but it sounds good. As for my education, I left school at 15 and have had no formal education since. Hence, I'm self-taught.****From a family of newsagents, at 18 I did a Dick Whittington and went off to London, only to return to pretend to be Charlie and work in a chocolate factory.When I was ten I was asked what I wanted to be. I said soldier, writer and Dad. I never thought of it for years – having too much fun, such as a time as lead guitarist in a local rock band – but I served nine years in the RAF, got married and had seven kids. I realized my words had been precognitive when, at age 27, I came down with M.E. – a condition I’ve suffered ever since – and turned my attention to writing.Indeed, as I realized that no expert could tell me what was wrong with me, I began my quest to find out why. Little did I realize it would last decades and take me through the entire history of knowledge, leaving me with the certainty that our knowledge systems are inadequate.****My non-fiction is based on P-ology, a thought process I devised to work with patterns of knowledge, and designed to be a bedfellow to specialization. A form of Rational Holism, it seeks out areas the specialist may have missed. I work from encyclopaedias and introductory volumes in order to gain a grasp of many subjects and am not an expert in anything, but those patterns keep forming. Hence, I do not deal in truth, but ideas, and cover everything from politics to the paranormal.When reading my work I ask only: do I make sense? Of course, an expert would say: a little knowledge is a dangerous thing. I agree. And an expert has so little knowledge of everything.I also write novels and Flash Fiction in all genres.

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      Verse Fest - Anthony North

      Verse Fest

      I, Poet Series, Volume Four

      By Anthony North

      Copyright Anthony North 2013

      Cover image copyright, Yvonne North 2013

      Smashwords Edition

      No part of this book may be reproduced, scanned or distributed in any printed or electronic form without permission

      Other books by Anthony North

      Beginning in 2019 I’m publishing 14 volumes of my fiction, inc 7 novels in most genres, & 21 works of non-fiction covering cults, politics, conspiracies, religion, disasters, science, philosophy, warfare, crime, psychology, new age, green issues & all areas of the unexplained, inc ufology, lost worlds and the paranormal. Hopefully appearing at the rate of one a month, check out the latest launch at my bookstore at http://anthonynorth.com or buy direct from Smashwords for all devices at: https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/anthonynorth

      In addition to the above, you may like my ‘I’ Series – 8 volumes of flash fiction (horror, sci fi, romance, adventure, crime), 4 volumes of poetry & 5 volumes of short essays from politics to the unexplained. Available from same links as above. Also check out my bookstore for news of my books out in paperback.

      CONTENTS

      Introduction

      Scary

      Philosophical

      Love

      Life

      Humour

      Green

      About the Author

      Connect With Anthony

      INTRODUCTION

      I'm a writer first, poet last; I've written some stinkers in the past; I don't compose like others do; I write for me as well as you; So here's volume four, alas.

      SCARY

      Haunted House ... Atlantis ... She Lies There ... Here Before, Here Again ... Ode to Aliens

      HAUNTED HOUSE

      The house is empty, solitary, creepy,

      To enter can affect you deeply;

      As cobwebs brush your face and hair,

      You’ll quickly learn to be aware;

      If you had driven down the highway outside,

      And through the corner of your eye you spied,

      You should have ignored it, or at least have tried

      But in you come, you don’t believe in ghosts,

      At least that’s what you always boast;

      Yet my creepy finger rubs down your spine,

      As with your mind my presence will entwine;

      Until you’re as timid as a mouse,

      No longer

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