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    Poetry from Behind the Mask
    Poetry from Behind the Mask
    Poetry from Behind the Mask
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    Poetry from Behind the Mask

    By Derek Lawson

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    Presented in front of you, are a handful of gems
    Spanning a colourful journey in poetry
    Which is ever expanding.

    Derek Lawson has been keeping some great poetry under wraps for 5 years now.
    Which covers a wide range of topics, which mirrors the interests and experiences, he shares with his friends.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherXlibris NZ
    Release dateApr 5, 2013
    ISBN9781479757626
    Poetry from Behind the Mask
    Author

    Derek Lawson

    My name is Derek Lawson; I have grown up in the wide open spaces of West Auckland. I have shown an interest in writing poetry, since my late teens. It has proven to be a great way to express my feelings, experiences, in a creative way. Like sailing a yacht, it’s the adventure of catching the wind, to take one to a destination in the distance, using the Technique of “Tacking and Jibing” Apply the same principal to writing an interesting poem, using words to put one, on an adventurous journey into the distance!

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      Poetry from Behind the Mask - Derek Lawson

      Copyright © 2013 by Derek Lawson. 700422-LAWS

      ISBN: Softcover 978-1-4797-5761-9

      Ebook 978-1-4797-5762-6

      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

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      Contents

      The Sun 

      Nature

      Shadows  

      Down on the Stateline 

      Friday 

      Halloween 

      Full Moon 

      Friends 

      Battlefield 

      Cigar Indian 

      The Bottle  

      A Lust for Life  

      Departing School, into the real world! 

      Love could be more than a word? 

      The Plundered Forest  

      The Understanding of Life 

      To Open the Gates of Fate 

      The Shadow of Pain 

      My Dove on her OE adventure 

      The Troposphere 

      Forgotten Jewel 

      It’s Thursday 

      A Partner in Life 

      Two diamonds collide together 

      We are all going to the Hop! 

      Intense feelings fill my head  

      The way I move  

      Fallen valentine  

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