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    Poetry Playground
    Poetry Playground
    Poetry Playground
    Ebook92 pages27 minutes

    Poetry Playground

    By Darren Carter

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    This book is a treasure chest of poetry,
    A Pandoras box of emotion, wonder, magic, and enchantment,
    A doorway to the world of the imagination.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherXlibris UK
    Release dateJun 12, 2018
    ISBN9781543489682
    Poetry Playground
    Author

    Darren Carter

    Born near Manchester UK I attended Upholland boarding school. From there I went into further education at Liverpool John Moores University studying fine art and art history. The journey for poetry didn’t end there. Having studied the Bible profusely for many years joining a monastery seemed inevitable and the right choice in life. It was studying & singing the Psalms that gave birth to a passion of writing poetry. I have now been writing ever since, each day and every day.

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      Book preview

      Poetry Playground - Darren Carter

      Copyright © 2018 by Darren Carter. 777954

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2018905189

      ISBN:         Softcover            978-1-5434-8969-9

                          EBook               978-1-5434-8968-2

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.

      This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to any actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

      Rev. date: 04/13/2018

      Xlibris

      0800-056-3182

      www.xlibrispublishing.co.uk

      Contents

      Oak Tree

      Rainbow

      Mr White

      Frog

      The Change

      Wise Owl

      Little Notes

      Bumble Bee

      Home Sweet Home

      Gold Fish

      Balloon

      Christmas Tree

      Tick Tock

      Bird of Fire

      Nature’s Dream

      Valkyries of the Storm

      Sun Rise

      Merlin of the Cave

      Octopus

      Triangle

      Hot Chocolate

      Wishing Well

      Oh, Teddy Bear

      Sunflowers

      Easter Bunny

      Land of Make Believe

      Eagle in the Sky

      Magic Carpet

      Sacred Wish

      The Eskimo and the Polar Bear

      Sweet Echo

      Beauty

      Hercules

      Breakfast at 8

      Wild Horses

      Santa on strike

      Mouse Trap

      Old Windmill

      Travellers Prayer

      Homework

      Mr Scarecrow

      Symbols

      Writing Bug

      Book Worms

      Leonard the Lemming

      Little Miss Ladybird

      Rag Doll Molly

      Bullied

      My Little Shadow

      Toy Soldiers

      Moon

      Crystal Ball

      Flight of Icarus

      Father Time

      Sand Castles

      Piggy Bank

      Jigsaw

      Sleepy Head

      Good Omen

      Derek

      Sea Shells

      The Round Table

      Mr Snowman

      Sad Sofa

      Whispering Woods

      Mr Pumpkin Head

      Talking Tree

      Beautiful Angel

      Lady of the Mist

      Golden Brown

      The Winter of November

      The Spirit

      To follow a Star

      An Angels Tears

      To Wake from a Dream

      Sad Clown

      Naughty Gnome

      Reginald the Rat

      Bundle of Joy

      Oak Tree

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      I am a wise old oak tree.

      I stand in a meadow by the sea.

      I can tell you tales of what I have seen.

      History come and gone.

      Battles lost and won.

      Young love,

      Holding hands under my tree.

      When they kissed,

      It was nice to see.

      The birds

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