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    Journeyman: Selected Poems
    Journeyman: Selected Poems
    Journeyman: Selected Poems
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    Journeyman: Selected Poems

    By Robert P. Wells

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    At one time, Robert P. Wells was “world famous in Scotland,” as the saying goes, a young American author with a rising reputation as a poet and literary critic in the United Kingdom. His poetry ranges from free verse to highly formal traditional structures, from lyrical to narrative poetry, and touches on a disparate number of themes – love, war, divinity, art, mortality, and more. His work was published in a number of British literary journals, and selections have been broadcast on the BBC.

    "Journeyman," his collection of selected poems, has been out of print for a number of years. Now it is newly available again in eBook format. Wells is also the author of the novel "Overlord, Underhand," a good old-fashioned ripping yarn about double-agent espionage in WWII.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRobert P. Wells
    Release dateDec 7, 2013
    ISBN9781310532122
    Journeyman: Selected Poems
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    Robert P. Wells

    Dr. Robert Preston Wells, Ph.D. was born in Los Angeles in the middle of the 20th Century and graduated from UCLA (B.A., summa cum laude), the University of Chicago (M.A.) and the University of Edinburgh (Ph.D.), where he also won a postgraduate scholarship, Writer's Bursary from the Scottish Arts Council, and membership in the Scottish Arts Society. He has taught undergraduate courses at UCLA, the University of Edinburgh, the University of Melbourne, and Millikin University in Illinois. He spent almost 30 years as a senior executive in IT publishing (Australian Macworld, Mobile Business, Upside Magazine, Linux Magazine,Technology & Investing, Asia) before semi-retiring to write fiction, and become an indentured servant to dogs and cats. His books include "White Bear," "The Virgin's Bastard," "Overlord / Underhand," "Judith in Hell," "Three True Tales" (short stories), "Veteran's Day" (one-act comedy), and "Journeyman: Selected Poems."Contact the author online:Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/auldmakarTwitter: http://twitter.com/auldmakar

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