Poems of Nature
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Look no further to find the glories of the English countryside and the excitement of the seas both north and south of the equator. This 4th eBook of my poetry, about Nature, complements those on Love, Friends, Mystery, Parting and Grief, Faith and Family, Fun, Heroes and Indignation, and The Sea. From the glorious hills of Gloucestershire to the coastal paths of Cornwall and the tumbling waters of a Lake District stream, here I found enchantment. I do hope you will be inspired to write some verses yourself. It's easier than you probably think. Come on then, show me how to do it!
Charles Wylie
Charles Wylie is a professional British seaman and an amateur dinghy and yacht sailor. He is the luckiest man on the planet, being husband to Jean, father of four, grandfather to nine and godfather to ten. Poetry is a hobby, together with sailing, chess, Scottish Country Dancing, languages, and a variety of other pursuits. He is tickled pink to have been headhunted at the age of 78. As a seaman he had visited all the continents in ships by the age of 21 at over 50 ports and had survived his destroyer being bombed in the Korean War when only just 17 years old. He attributes a reasonable command of the English language to his education at Taunton's Grammar School in Southampton, which set him up for life in four short years. He is particularly grateful to the Royal Navy for its having been a father figure and a source of immense pride for over 65 years. The navy promoted him 10 times, but because he started as a Boy Seaman that means he achieved only the modest rank of Commander (happy with that.) His naval friends (to whom he pays equal respect) range from Able Seamen to Admirals.He is an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Shipwrights, a Freeman of the City of London and a Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute.His poetry was written for himself (and occasionally for family or friends) and is published now after many years of friendly badgering by dear ones. Self-publishing through Smashwords was chosen because he is confident that no modern publisher would want to publish his generally old-fashioned rhyming and scanning verses.Charles is a happy man, much blessed.
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Poems of Nature - Charles Wylie
Sailor/Poet Series One
LOVE (23 poems) (Free)
Sailor/Poet Series Two
FRIENDS (44 poems) ($2.99)
MYSTERY (56 poems) ($3.99)
NATURE (29 poems) ($1.99)
PARTING AND GRIEF (29 poems) ($1.99)
Offer price (Series Two) $7.99 for four books, saving $2.97)
Sailor/Poet Series Three ($8.99 for four books, saving $.2.97)
FAITH & FAMILY (56 poems) ($3.99)
FUN (40 poems) ($2.99)
HEROES & INDIGNATION (39 poems) ($2.99)
THE SEA (36 poems) (1.99)
Offer price (Series Three) $8.99 for four books, saving $2.97)
Offer price (Series One, Two and Three) ($14.99 for all eight books, saving $7.93)
Memoires
First Words, Last Words (to be published in 2014)
WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING ABOUT 'POEMS OF NATURE'
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-My wife. (Well, she would, wouldn't she?)
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
eBooksByCharlesWylie
What others are saying about 'Poems of Nature'
Introduction
Poems of Nature
Head Gardener
Ozymandias At Chelsea
Blissful Beaulieu
XanaduRevisited
The Nelson Oak
Drinks & Nibbles Party
L'Infinito
New Life For The Mill
Stouts Hill R & R
Stouts Hill Gloucestershire
The Canvas Of The Sky
Winter At Stouts Hill
Portscatho
Nigela Damascena
August Fruits
Bembridge, Bembridge
Marchwood Shore
A Spell In The Garden
The Underground Stream
The Ship
The Joys Of Spring
Mallotus Villosus
Julian's Shedfield Daisy
I Heard An Egret Say 'Carpe Diem'
Mystery In Our Garden
The Albatross And The Wave
Le Coquelicot Normand Solitaire
The Plume
About the author
Acknowledgements
A word from the author about you
Warning
Author's email address
eBooks by Charles Wylie
INTRODUCTION:
Have you tried writing poetry? It's great fun, and if I can do it, anyone can. With any luck, these verses of mine will get you going. If you want to see what an ordinary mortal can do, then read on. You don't have to be anyone special to be able to put your thoughts down in poetry. I've collected mine in categories of LOVE, FRIENDS, MYSTERY, NATURE, PARTING & GRIEF, FAITH & FAMILY, FUN, HEROES & INDIGNATION, and THE SEA (I'm a sailor/poet.
By the way, nearly all of them rhyme and scan in the good old-fashioned style.
This book by Charles Wylie holds some of over 240 poems published in 9 books in three series (1, 2 and 3). Series 1 contains just one free book (of LOVE poems) to whet your appetite. The other two series contain over 150 and 170 poems respectively. Some poems appear in more than one category. See the list of other books at the end.
The author (click on ‘About the author’ in the Table of Contents) makes no claim to literary excellence, but wrote all the poems for his own satisfaction. Charles claims that some of them have merit, but all have been included (warts and all) for the sake