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    Dosshouse Blues
    Dosshouse Blues
    Dosshouse Blues
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    Dosshouse Blues

    By John O'Loughlin

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    A mixed bag of lyrical poems, rhymed poetry, free verse, prose poems, and poetic aphorisms which were amongst the first things John O'Loughlin ever wrote, back in the early 1970s, this heterogeneous collection of poems seems to intimate of both his fictional and, more interestingly, philosophical writings to come, whilst still remaining refreshingly poetic, if with a jaded sense of irony! We especially recommend the title piece as an example of what is meant!
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLulu.com
    Release dateJun 30, 2007
    ISBN9781446637982
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      Dosshouse Blues - John O'Loughlin

      Dosshouse Blues

      John O’Loughlin

      This edition of Dosshouse Blues published 2011 and republished (with revisions) 2021 by

      John O'Loughlin (of Centretruths) in association with Lulu.com

      Copyright © 2011, 2021 John O'Loughlin

      All rights reserved. No part of this eBook may be reproduced in any form or by any means without the prior permission of the author/publisher

      ISBN: 978-1-4466-3798-2

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      CONTENTS

      Preface

      God's Sacrifice

      Song of the Vicar's Daughter

      Unrequited Love

      The Lovers' Dream

      Solicitation

      A Vindication

      Regret

      To a Painting

      Desire

      Wishful Thinking

      The Universal Song of Life

      Song of the Lonesome Drifter

      They Take the Letters

      Tribute

      Complaint

      Circumstances

      Dosshouse Blues

      Fantasy

      Confessions

      I Enter Song

      Her Smile

      Requiem

      Dream Poem

      Patois

      Candle

      Scene from the Confessional

      Five Prose Poems

      Lines to Set the Imagination Adrift

      Biographical Note

      PREFACE

      My first real collection of poems, written on and off during 1973–75, reflects the lyricism and formal simplicity of youth, showing the influence of poets like Rimbaud, Ezra Pound, Adrian Henri, and even Doors lead singer Jim Morrison on my formative years as a writer. – A modest but by no means insignificant start to my literary vocation, which began pleasantly enough in Merstham, Surrey, before progressing first to Finsbury Park and then to Crouch End in north London (where I got the inspiration for the title poem). Dosshouse Blues will intrigue

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