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    Flights of Fancy
    Flights of Fancy
    Flights of Fancy
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    Flights of Fancy

    By Rachel Brown

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    One girl's desires and daydreams told through poetry as she ages.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherXlibris AU
    Release dateOct 12, 2015
    ISBN9781503504158
    Flights of Fancy
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    Rachel Brown

    Rachel Brown is the owner of two specialist cake decorating shops in Berkshire and also lectures at a local college. Throughout her many years in the business, she has often been asked to write down her tips and experiences; this book is the result.

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      Book preview

      Flights of Fancy - Rachel Brown

      Copyright © 2015 by Rachel Brown.

      Library of Congress Control Number:   2015908492

      ISBN:      Hardcover      978-1-5035-0417-2

                      Softcover        978-1-5035-0416-5

                      eBook             978-1-5035-0415-8

      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.

      Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Thinkstock are models, and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.

      Certain stock imagery © Thinkstock.

      Rev. date: 10/06/2015

      Xlibris

      1-800-455-039

      www.Xlibris.com.au

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      Contents

      AGE 7

      Jesus

      AGE 8

      Kings Came Riding

      AGE 9

      Rachel

      Grammy

      AGE 10

      Mum

      A Busy Bee

      Creation

      AGE 11

      I Am the Mummy Tutankhamun

      The Unicorn’s Call

      AGE 12

      Trees

      Assonance

      My Perfect World

      Spring

      The Homes of Little Men

      Dancing Elves

      Time

      The Sea 1

      The Sea 2

      The Forest

      Fire

      Black

      The RLs

      Adi

      Snow

      Bear

      Doughnuts 1

      Doughnuts 2

      Ghost Rider

      Bear-Bear

      A Poem

      Darkness

      AGE 13

      The Path to Fairyland

      Young Crush

      At Home on the Sea

      AGE 14

      I Wish I Was a Butterfly

      The Winds

      Only the Pale Moon

      Fragments

      If My Heart

      AGE 15

      Quatrain 1

      Quatrain 2

      My Knight

      Shining

      Denied

      Couplet 1

      Couplet 2

      Never

      My Sun

      Hurt 1

      Hurt 2

      Quest

      Hurt 3

      Hurt 4

      Him

      Smiles and Sorrow

      Fear

      Be Mine

      A Million Pieces

      Worthwhile

      The Wait

      Wouldn’t

      Friends Forever

      Dreams and Wishes

      Daydream

      Disillusionment

      Wearied

      AGE 16

      If

      Kindred

      Couplet 3

      Pulled

      The Moth

      Prose Poetry Definition Unto Itself

      Philosophical Musings

      Just for You

      What It’s Like to Love Thee

      Clear Skies

      Couplet 4

      AGE 17

      Birthday Message

      I Will

      Quatrain 3

      Burnt Southern Land

      My Love and the Little Bird

      The Lie

      Strings

      True Love

      First Recollections

      First Recollections

      AGE 18

      Birthday Wishes

      Viking Journey

      Only When Needed

      Lullaby for Daisy

      AGE 19

      Land of the Fay

      As Warm and Bright and Sure

      Leaving Blackwell, Part I

      Non-Sexual Entity

      Impressions

      Internal Conflict

      A Comparison Poem

      Help

      Lust

      Games of Love

      Leaving Blackwell, Part II

      The Countdown

      Towards Home or Away or Leaving Blackwell Again

      To Chat or Not to Chat?

      Mary White

      Understanding

      History Repeats

      Fresher Rep Election

      Hate to Love

      AGE 20

      The Swordsman’s Death

      My Heartstrings

      AGE 7

      Jesus

      Joy to all on Christmas Day

      Everyone celebrates Christ’s birthday

      Stars shining bright

      Santa comes at night

      Underneath the Christmas tree

      Presents there for you and me.

      So merry Christmas everyone

      Hope you have a lot of fun.

      AGE 8

      Kings Came Riding

      Kings came riding;

      One, two, three;

      Over the desert,

      And over the sea.

      One in a ship

      With a silver mast,

      The fisherman wondered

      As he went past.

      One on a horse,

      With a saddle of gold

      The children came running

      To behold.

      One came walking

      Over the sand,

      With a casket of treasure

      Held in his hand.

      All the people

      Said, ‘Where go they?’

      But the Kings went forward

      All through the day.

      Night came on

      As the Kings went by,

      They shone like the gleaming

      Stars in the sky.

      AGE 9

      Rachel

      Responsible

      Agile

      Can play the violin

      Hates meat

      Eats lollies

      Loves everyone

      Grammy

      Grandma

      You’ve always been kind to me,

      Wherever we be.

      You may not be able to cast a line,

      But you’re mine,

      And I love you,

      Even when I cry boo-hoo.

      To my friends you’re just

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