A Passage from Afar (Collected Verse)
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Marriage for One A life for two in a silk-lined carriage, Two Souls as one in a perfect marriage, But looming far in future’s air The carriage is stopping at the town of despair. The spoke wheels long past the empty church Misty promises faded, beyond a birch, The candle of their love burns cold In a carriage for one where two cannot hold. No Cure for Cancer He won’t give up his cigarettes, They will kill him he forgets, He’ll die or lose a limb, So much a part of him. It serves a false need, Planting the cancer seed, But he enjoys it, he’ll assert It’s nice and doesn’t hurt. Forgetting his lost pretences, It’s destroying all his senses, It’s not just his money it steals, Remember - SMOKING KILLS.
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About the Book
A Passage from Afar features a compilation of poetic pieces captured over a one year period of my life. The setting is Australia. This book will take you through the story of one person’s life and one person’s perspective. The poems compiled reflect the solitary moments of my soul’s poetic journey travelling around the vast continent of Terra Australis. With poetic eyes and a writer’s heart I took life’s experiences and wrote about them as I lived them.
About the Author
Bradley J Barnes is a new author and was born in Portsmouth on August 1st 1970. He went to local schools. After leaving school he completed a five year apprenticeship in joinery. Disillusioned with wood he undertook a degree graduating from the University of Portsmouth with a B.A. (Hons) in Economic History. He was a member of the Royal Naval Reserves for many years but it is in poetry that he finds his favourite medium of expression. He is interested in everything and has a decade of unfinished projects to complete. The author is currently a civil servant. Rachel Wellstead is new to formal illustration but has drawn and painted for her own pleasure since childhood. She was born in Liss on October 22nd 1973 and went to local schools. After leaving school, with varying degrees of success and an A level in art, she worked in various unexciting jobs, until deciding that teaching might not be for her. She graduated from University College Chichester with a B.A (Hons) in English and followed it up with a Post Graduate Teaching Degree. Following a year teaching, a son and a slightly uncomfortable divorce, she finally settled into her current profession of Youth Work. Her heart lies with the artistic side of life, in poetry, prose, Shakespeare and anything beautiful to the eye or ear. She met the author of this book whilst learning to dance – a kindred spirit and a friend. A Passage from Afar is the first joint venture between these two artists.