In Violet

By John Paul Kirkham

"In Violet" is  collection of freestyle poems written from the 1970s to the present and those poems which are factual were historically true in the period that they were written as in "Sarajevo" and "Ariana".

You will find a revealing eclectic mix of poems that are most certainly autobiographical, nostalgic perhaps, definitely environmental and geographical, occasionally lyrical, reflective and just maybe a little controversial.

The poetic style varies as much throughout as it does within and placing the work alphabetically allows the reader to discover different themes juxtaposed at different times.

As photography frames an image so poetry transforms the mind and whilst we think we see and understand what we see and read, the best bits are often at the fringes of the scene, so when we look at a vista or beautiful panorama we see in clear shades of blue skies or green landscapes but right in the corners or the edge of the spectrum lies violet, barely discernible but there just the same. 

This new 2021 edition includes a special prologue and epilogue featuring the words of Nick Drake used by kind permission of his estate Bryter Later.

• Language: English
• Publisher: John Paul Kirkham
• Release date: Jan 3, 2019
• ISBN: 9781386009795

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