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    Poetic Potpourri
    Poetic Potpourri
    Poetic Potpourri
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    Poetic Potpourri

    By Robert Turner

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    Some of the poems were written to describe various travel adventures, whereas others describe specific landmarks that were of interest. Many are just whimsical subjects that would pop into my mind as I was trying to go to sleep. Rather than counting sheep, I would compose a poem and hope that I would remember it in the morning so I could put the words on paper in poetic form. There is one epic poem on the Battle of Chancellorsville and one on Stonewall Jackson’s death and several Irish poems.

    As I said earlier, this is an eclectic collection. I have enjoyed writing them, and I hope you enjoy reading them.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherXlibris US
    Release dateMay 31, 2019
    ISBN9781796037340
    Poetic Potpourri
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    Robert Turner

    Robert Turner and his wife Gillian are both members of Worthing Archaeological Society and Sussex Archaeological Society. Robert is also a flint knapper and a member of the Lithics Society, sometimes working with professional archaeologists. He runs flint courses at Butser Iron Age Village, was a tutor for Sussex University, and has over the years lectured and demonstrated flint tools to local societies and history groups. He also teaches at schools. He lives in West Sussex.

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      Poetic Potpourri - Robert Turner

      POETIC

      POTPOURRI

      ROBERT TURNER

      Copyright © 2019 by Robert Turner.

      ISBN:      Softcover      978-1-7960-3735-7

                      eBook           978-1-7960-3734-0

      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 Getty Images are models, and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.

      Certain stock imagery © Getty Images.

      Rev. date: 06/13/2019

      Xlibris

      1-888-795-4274

      www.Xlibris.com

      797003

      In

      memory of my wife.

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      This book of Poetry is dedicated to my late wife

      Ellise Brown Puddin Weldon Turner

      1932-2016

      May God rest her soul till we meet again.

      CONTENTS

      Introduction

      A Spring Crestline Walk

      Why Life?

      Autumn Craze

      Beyond

      Birds

      Chancellorsville

      Death

      Die Mauer

      Getaway

      Early Morning

      Fitty

      Gumbo

      Here Comes Spring

      I Miss You

      Italian Holiday

      Last One Standing

      Life Eternal

      Now

      Ode To A Tulip

      Ode To Van Cliburn

      Old Athlete

      Old Santa Fe

      The Sky Of Santa Fe

      Pikes Peak

      Red Chili

      Retirement

      Reunion

      Saturday Night

      She Is The One

      The Burren

      W.b. Yeats

      The Cliffs Of Donegal

      Finn Mac Cool

      A Toast To Guiness Stout

      The Wee People

      The Carter Ranch

      Reverie

      The Feeling

      The Kings

      The Knights Templar

      The Lowly Grape

      The Martini

      The Panther City

      The Rite Of Spring

      The River

      The Sublime

      The Urban Squirrel

      Those Behind

      Viet Nam

      Where Will You Go

      Why

      You

      INTRODUCTION

      According to Websters Dictionary, the second definition of Potpourri is a Confused collection or hodge-podge. That is exactly what this collection of poetry is and thus the name of the book. Some poems are whimsical while others are serious and even morbid. There is an epic poem and numerous odes.

      I have had no training in creative writing other than what one receives in college English literature. I especially have had none in poetry writing. Oh, I have read a book on a beginner’s guide to writing a poem; but that’s all. It is just something that I started in retirement along with essays, a children’s book and art. As you will see, I rely heavily on that old adage Poetic License. If you would have to define my style, I guess one would call it formal. I do not like free verse. It seems more like a short short story composed of multiple metaphors known only to the author who challenges the reader to decipher what he/she means. To me, a poem should have meter giving it rhythm and it should also rhyme. The rhyme scheme can be a-b, a-b or aa-bb. I prefer the latter. Longer poems, I divide into stanzas of four lines while in shorter poems I do not divide into stanzas at all. I try to stay with ten syllables per line, plus or minus one. I do not try to alter the emphasis of the syllables

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