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    Walk to be Herd
    Walk to be Herd
    Walk to be Herd
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    Walk to be Herd

    By Robin Rich

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    A collection of poetry and flash fiction accompanied by some fantastical beasts.

    The poetry is a mix of including ghazal, sijo and interesting rhyming forms.

    Illustrated by the authors own graphics along side some wonderful line drawings inspired by the poetry by a young artist.

    The poetry is thoughtful and provoking.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRobin Rich
    Release dateJun 23, 2017
    ISBN9781370177240
    Walk to be Herd
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    Robin Rich

    A writer that invents the words he cannot discover. The product of mid-century holiday romance of a Black Country conscript and a Gwynedd girl that has after 50 years given up on bottling it in. First published by ATLApublishing in a number of anthologies and is now writing longer fiction as well as poetry.

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      Book preview

      Walk to be Herd - Robin Rich

      Copyright notice:

      This book as a publication  is property as signified by the ISBN registration. This print is licensed to epubli and the legislation that applies in Germany.

      This property cannot be copied or reproduced in any form for sale or free distribution. If you want to licence or buy this then get in touch with Robin Rich. Do not rob the rich .

      No part of the book maybe copied for use (without the written permission of Robin Rich AND Amelia Easton-Gray )

      No part of the book can be copied for sale or free distribution.

      If you have ignored this there is a scary end face waiting for you.

      L,

      Robin Rich

      (Is a writer, a child of a mid century holiday romance that lasted a lifetime. He has labels that are Welsh and Black Country married to an Irish beauty.

      His words are made up discoveries that have been published in anthologies and magazines . He is new to poetry and his tablet touch screen is very dented.

      Enjoy.)

      Introduction

      Poetry is the purest form of language. There is such beauty and skill in being able to convey a feeling in a few well-chosen words, rather than writing masses of text. When you’re economical with words they suddenly have far more value.

      Poetry is also appealing due to its freedom from grammatical rules. You can have structure, or rhymes in a more traditional sense, but poems are equally powerful when rhythms are changed or the words just flow - seemingly randomly - into each other.

      People shy away from poetry, perhaps fearing that they won’t understand it or can’t relate to it but the truth is every song, saying or nursery rhyme is really a piece of poetry.

      I view some poetry like abstract art. Instead of trying hard to understand

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