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    The Vulnerable Poet
    The Vulnerable Poet
    The Vulnerable Poet
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    The Vulnerable Poet

    By Dave Baxter M.A.S.C.(Life Coach)

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    22,956 days ago at the time of writing this epic piece of literary nonsense, it was January and a new life was born in Stoke on Trent. The parents of said new life were ecstatic – oh how misguided that emotion was!

    Anyway life and time marches on and we jump forward through all sorts of situations, emothingies, births, marriages and departures and we end up at today. The new life is somewhat older now and some might say “more experienced” although it begs to differ.

    That brings me to another point – since time is a man made concerpt and the Quantum Physicists would have us belief that all experiences and such things are all taking place at the same moment then it would follow that one could return to that new life state and be as a child.

    So if we extrapo*+&d£, extermion @@@ oh bugger, stretched this thinking out, then that could explain why I have often been described as a child..............

    I therefore lay before you, in the shape of curly bits of black, straight lines and dots, this collection of ramblings, thoughts and sometimes hopefully, touching pieces of writing in the hope and belief that at some point you will relate to one of the pieces and think to yourself – “hmmm that was an enjoyable read, maybe I will read some more of this person’s work”.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDave Baxter M.A.S.C.(Life Coach)
    Release dateApr 19, 2016
    ISBN9781311901101
    The Vulnerable Poet
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    Dave Baxter M.A.S.C.(Life Coach)

    I am a life coach / personal development consultant, a husband, a musician, a pagan, a parent who is based in the UK and works full time in the entertainment industry. The entertainment industry is very important to me as is seeing the people i work with develop into more rounded, focussed and confident characters My style of work is, some may say, off the wall but hey, if it gets the results the client wants what does it matter.

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      The Vulnerable Poet - Dave Baxter M.A.S.C.(Life Coach)

      The Vulnerable Poet

      A further collection of poetry

      Created and Compiled

      by

      Dave Baxter M.A.S.C.(Life Coach)

      Copyright 2016. Dave Baxter

      This book is for personal enjoyment only. This book may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. Thank you for respecting the hard work of the author.

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      Copyright 2016 Dave Baxter

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

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      22,956 days ago at the time of writing this epic piece of literary nonsense, it was January and a new life was born in Stoke on Trent. The parents of said new life were ecstatic – oh how misguided that emotion was!

      Anyway life and time marches on and we jump forward through all sorts of situations, emothingies,

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