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    Verses for the Young and Not-So-Young
    Verses for the Young and Not-So-Young
    Verses for the Young and Not-So-Young
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    Verses for the Young and Not-So-Young

    By Jennifer Hashmi

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    In this collection of verses some have been taken from my earlier collection, Gleanings. There are here more for the very young, ranging up to poems for the not so young such as The Cauldron, A Wedding Song, and Intimations of Joy. They are all about life or observations on life. Intimations of Joy points towards the nature of real life and a vision of what that might be like. Whatever is reflected in any particular poem the underlying philosophy is that life has meaning and how we live it is very important. In the end we come to realize that we are pilgrims who are making our way back through many obstacles to a paradise whose nature is spontaneity and joyfulness.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse UK
    Release dateJun 18, 2016
    ISBN9781524634711
    Verses for the Young and Not-So-Young
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    Jennifer Hashmi

    Jennifer Hashmi was born in Bradford in 1938. She was educated in Bingley Grammar School and trained as a speech therapist in Leicester School of Speech Therapy. After practicing as a speech therapist in Yorkshire for three years she completed a two-year theology course at College of Ascension, Birmingham. In 1964 she sailed to India and lived in Delhi for forty-one years. Until 1976 she served in the Church of North India as Parish Worker, initially for St. James Church in old Delhi, and later in the parish of Ajmer in Rajasthan. She was also during part of this time manager of a holiday home in Shimla. In 1977 she married Salman Hashmi who was principal of Zakir Husain College, University of Delhi. They had a son and a daughter. In 2004 her husband passed away so at the end of 2005 Mrs Hashmi returned to Britain with her daughter. She now lives in London with her daughter, son-in-law, and small grandson.

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      Verses for the Young and Not-So-Young - Jennifer Hashmi

      2016 Jennifer Hashmi. All rights reserved.

      No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system,

      or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.

      Published by AuthorHouse 06/14/2016

      ISBN: 978-1-5246-3472-8 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-5246-3471-1 (e)

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2016909021

      Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Thinkstock are models,

      and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.

      Certain stock imagery © Thinkstock.

      Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

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      VERSES FOR THE YOUNG AND NOT-SO-YOUNG

      Contents

      1 Perspective

      2 The Train Game

      3 The Pirate

      4 Ship Ahoy!

      5 Water Play

      6 The See-Saw

      7 The Refuse Collector

      8 The Bullies

      9 The Old Lady

      10 Boots

      11 Journey To The Moon

      12 Reflections

      13 Six A Day

      14 Diversity

      15 Antiquity

      16 The Daily Round

      17 The Lollipop Tree

      18 Rough Love

      19 The Giraffe And The Squirrel

      20 Balloons

      21 The Spider

      22 The Slug And The Grasshopper

      23 The White Horses

      24 Prospects

      25 The Kite

      26 A Villanelle

      27 The Waves

      28 Lucy

      29 The Moon

      30 Starflight

      31 Dawn

      32 The Itinerant

      33 The Buffalo

      34 The Quilt

      35 A Wedding Song

      36 Exodus

      37 A Maiden’s Lament

      38 Journeys

      39 The Cauldron

      40 Intimations Of Joy

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      1 PERSPECTIVE

      A baby ant

      sat on a stone.

      "How barren

      and hard

      the world is!"

      he said.

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      2 THE TRAIN GAME

      I’ve got a lot of trains,

      I love them every one.

      I put them on their track

      and switch their levers on.

      Then round and round they go

      and up and down they swing.

      So then I like to make them crash

      and fall

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