The Impetuous River and Other Poems

By Richard Batchelor

The Impetuous River is a gripping, harrowing and magical tale of two otters on the run whose homeland becomes riddled with jealousy and destructiveness. The poem is composed entirely of serious limericks. As one reader commentated, 'It’s kind of Richard Adams writing Othello while sponsored by Greenpeace.'
Only a very special creature can save the river and its ecosystem from ecogeddon - with the help of one of the great forces of Nature.
There are a dozen other shorter poems for the reader's perusal.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Richard Batchelor
• Release date: Aug 15, 2018
• ISBN: 9791092524024

Richard Batchelor

The Pelican School of Bird and Other Stories is Richard Batchelor’s second book and first work of fiction. His first book, The Temp Pest, a largely autobiographical half-comedy mostly set in warehouses and packing factories, is also available to download on Smashwords. Batchelor is also a musician and the front man in the longstanding rock and roll indie group, Ricky Spontane. The group have released three studio albums; Spontane Time, Hit the Town and Spontane 3, as well as a clutch of singles. A new EP, The Seeds of Doom, will hopefully be available to download by the time you’ve read this book. Batchelor has also released a solo album, Richard I. Batchelor, who currently lives in Chartres, France, is a hypochondriac, a Fats Domino obsessive and a bungler. He is both imprisoned and liberated by his own imagination. It depends on the day. He can be contacted on: mailto:[e-mail] Amendment May 2017. Though Morrissey is oft quoted and rightly so during my first book, any genius he had seems to have dissipated into idiocy and bigotry. It's a pity, but true. I have no time for the man these days.

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THE IMPETUOUS RIVER AND OTHER POEMS

RICHARD BATCHELOR

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Copyright © Richard Batchelor 2018

Thanks to Joanna Lewis, whose love and moral and practical support has been invaluable during the writing and editing of these poems, I give my love and undying gratitude. She is my rock, without whom I’d probably still be scrabbling together the odd incoherent line here and there.

To Jane Tomlinson for providing such a wonderful front painting.

Do visit Jane’s website for more of her inspiring work. Her website link is just below.

https://janetomlinson.com/

The lettering is by Joanna Lewis.

The main poem, The Impetuous River, is composed entirely of limericks. Thanks to whoever invented the limerick!

Any similarity to persons living or dead is purely coincidental.

This book is dedicated to my beloved son, Antoine Henry Batchelor, aged 13½.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

THE IMPETUOUS RIVER

ANDY PARTRIDGE

THE BLUNDERER’S DEFENCE

HONESTY IS THE BEST POLITICS

THE NEW FASCIST UPRISING

VOYAGE TO YOUR OWN BACK DOOR

KREBSBACH THE NAZI

REVERIE IN THE WORKPLACE

THE SECOND LIFE

GO WEST

TRIBUTE TO SHEL SILVERSTEIN

THE ANGRY TROLLS

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

THE IMPETUOUS RIVER

The river ran into the