A Traveler's Tale

By Douglas Kew

Spirituality, love, faith, thoughts, a tribute to John Lennon ... and a little bit of North East England.

A book of thought provoking poetry and photos ... this is A Traveler's Tale.

One dollar from the profits of the sale of each book will be given to help the kids of this world. See videos and related photos at http://www.facebook.com/pages/A-Travelers-Tale-by-Douglas-Kew/125656667490647

• Language: English
• Publisher: Trafford Publishing
• Release date: Feb 7, 2001
• ISBN: 9781412242370

Douglas Kew

"A relentless pursuit of happiness will weaken the spirit. Happiness should not be pursued, it is the predator. We must slow down from time to time and allow it to consume us," says the author of A TRAVELER'S TALE. Born in 1958, Doug Kew was raised in Trimdon; a village nestled on a hill in the rolling, picturesque countryside of County Durham, North-East England. At the age of thirty he immigrated to Canada, and with his new Canadian bride, Patti, settled down to life on the vast prairies of Alberta and Saskatchewan. His love of the ocean eventually took them to beautiful Vancouver Island in British Columbia, the place they now call home. From farmhand: bricklayer; taxi driver; professional musician; and now truck driver, his passion for words and music has remained. From his earliest writing; "Through the Round Window" and "A Traveler's Tale", to the more recent "Thunderstorm", his poems tell of times happy and sad, and through them all runs a thread of hope and spirituality. Though he loves his adopted country of Canada, he remains very proud of his Geordie roots and culture. This is so vividly expressed in his poem "Yam", written in his native "Geordie", it rolls merrily through fond memories of time spent and misspent. "I tried to write "Yam" as close as possible to some of the local dialects, though some sounds are difficult to write......... sowtle afftadee!" he smiles. Enjoy. ?The author invites you to visit his website www.douglaskew.com

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A

TRAVELER’S TALE

"Let’s share the planet.

A peace for you and a peace for me. "

Doug Kew.

Cover photo by DEAN POFFENROTH

© 2000 by Douglas Kew. All rights reserved.

No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the written prior permission of the author.

Canadian Cataloguing in Publication Data

Kew, Douglas, 1958-A traveler’s tale

   Poems.

   ISBN 978-1-5521-2552-6 (softcover)

   ISBN 978-1-4122-4237-0 (ebook)

   I. Title.

PS8571.E95T73 2001      C811’.6      C00-911420-3

PR9199.3.K4286T72 2001

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Contents

Acknowledgments

A Traveler’s Tale

LIFE IS SWEET

LOVE IS

NO YOU

ALL THE FUN OF THE FARE

A TABLE FOR ONE

DUEL CONTROL

ON THE RUN

JUST GOOD FRIENDS

FARAWAY FROM HOME

SOMETHING IN THE AIR

AN AFTER THOUGHT...

THE BIRTHDAY SUIT

YAM

NIGHT WIND

THE HUMAN RACE

WALKABOUT

THROUGH THE ROUND WINDOW

Faith

SURVIVOR

SECONDS AWAY....

THE SEED

YOU AND ME

SHOOTING STAR

(A tribute to John Lennon)

WASTED TIME

TIME, GENTLEMEN, PLEASE

THE DARK SIDE

WOR LASS

THUNDERSTORM

This book of thoughts and poems is

dedicated to my wife,