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    The Mirrors of Thespis
    The Mirrors of Thespis
    The Mirrors of Thespis
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    The Mirrors of Thespis

    By Keith Bray

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    My second collection of poems develops further the themes of identity and correlations to the past, present and the future. Hopefully the poems should speak for themselves without need of explanation or justification for their existence and open to individual interpretation. The title “The mirrors of Thespis” gives a clue to the underlying themes running like a thin thread throughout the poems. Similar to a theme and variation form in music, the opening idea is reshaped, altered and changed by a process of variable repetition; a distorting mirror where the original reflected image has been mutated into other aspects of itself.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWilliam Cornelius Harris publishing
    Release dateJul 22, 2016
    ISBN9781911232018
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      The Mirrors of Thespis - Keith Bray

      The Mirrors of Thespis

      The Mirrors of Thespis

      Keith Robert Bray

      Published by William Cornelius Harris Publishing

      In collaboration

      with

      Second Chance

      Supporting Mental Health in Performing Arts

      ISBN 978-1- 911232-01-8

      Copyright © Keith Robert Bray 2016

      All rights reserved

      c/o Open Door, 224 Jamaica Road, London SE16

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      Introductory preface

      My second collection of poems develops further the themes of identity and correlations to the past, present and the future. Hopefully the poems should speak for themselves without need of explanation or justification for their existence and open to individual interpretation. The title The mirrors of Thespis gives a clue to the underlying themes running like a thin thread throughout the poems. Similar to a theme and variation form in music, the opening idea is reshaped, altered and changed by a process of variable repetition; a distorting mirror where the original reflected image has been mutated into other aspects of itself. Ideas and experiences interweave without conscious intention or pre-arranged order in a free flow of continuity. Comparable to an actor’s changing moods and emotions, receptive and affected by the world within and without. A myriad world made up of a complex

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