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    Meandering With Intent
    Meandering With Intent
    Meandering With Intent
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    Meandering With Intent

    By Lee Benson

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    More silly marvellous verse in Milliganesque style from the Halesowen painter-poet Lee Benson.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAPS Publications
    Release dateMar 2, 2018
    ISBN9781911310211
    Meandering With Intent
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    Lee Benson

    Lee Benson is an award-winning journalist with 30 years of experience as a newspaper writer, columnist, and author. He is currently a metro columnist for the Deseret Morning News and wrote numerous columns about the case as it was unfolding.

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      Book preview

      Meandering With Intent - Lee Benson

      MEANDERING WITH INTENT

      Welcome to 'Meandering With Intent’, the second collection of verse following on from ‘Failing To Be Serious’, Lee Benson's first naive look at the journey of life.

      Lee owned a successful contemporary art gallery in Birmingham for over fourteen years. He now paints in watercolours, enjoys photography and regularly performs on the piano. He is the author of four illustrated books for children; 'The Adventures of Henry Egg', 'The Adventures of Shelly Egg', 'The Adventures of Dan Bear with Henry, Shelly and Eggskimo Joe' and 'The Adventures of Alien Egg'.

      Meandering With Intent

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      CONTENTS

      The Queen

      Another Day

      Is Life Such A Ball

      I’m Sad

      Bed Time

      The Death of David Bowie

      Josie and Marissa

      Old Soul

      I Like My Hat

      Do We Really Know

      Albi

      Rubbish

      I Am Old

      Astral Plain

      Film

      Bean

      Love On The Phone

      Why Won't You Leave Me Alone

      Oh Lucky Me

      Through My Window

      Space

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