Europa IV: The Long Night Goodbye

By Nick Armbrister and Andy N

Back in a very different kind of trench, Europa IV – the long night goodbye looks at war and the costs of life again with an art-brush with an accessibly that takes you in the middle of the conflict, before and after and will leave an indelible impact on readers. Europa IV – the long night goodbye looks at the effect of life before and afterwards and takes the reader on snapshots covering Grief and Depression to Peace and Acceptance and everything that comes in-between. Europa IV – the long night goodbye is a moving and powerful collection of poems taking you into the lives of soldiers, nurses, mothers, fathers and children all caught in various crossfires and offer a blend of voices within the two authors that is unique and profoundly moving often within the same poem. This is the ebook version with added poems.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Nick's Poetry Books
• Release date: May 20, 2021
• ISBN: 9781005381561

Nick Armbrister

Hi, this is the publishing writing profile for Nick Armbrister, an author and publisher from Manchester, England. His work includes varied poetry and stories, including short and novel length. Topics include history, erotica, aviation, current affairs and much more. Nick has been writing since 1996 and published in the 'small press' (poetry scene) and in books for many years. He does open mic, attends writing work shops and is always working on a writing project. He has writing online and in real world books. Follow Nick's writing, news updates and more on his varied blogs links. Enjoy his writing, something different and creative. Nick has also worked with several international writers/authors/poets.Nick's other interests are gothic/alternative music, gigs, tattoos, aircraft, reading, outdoors, paganism, hiking and life. He was born in 1971.

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Europa IV – The Long Night Goodbye

Nick Armbrister /Andy N

Full length books by Andy N:

Return to Kemptown (2010)

The End of Summer (2015)

Birth of Autumn (2018)

The streets were all we could see (2020)

Chapbooks:

Mystery Story (2014)

Selected scenes from the end of the world (2020)

With:

A Means to an End (with Jeff Dawson) (2011)

Europa (with Nick Armbrister) (2014)

Europa II (with Nick Armbrister) (2016)

Europa III (with Nick Armbrister) (2019)

Run away with me in 7 words (with Amanda Steel) (2019)

The lockdown was all we could see (with Amanda Steel (2020)

Europa IV (with Nick Armbrister) (2020)

The Barbarians of the Wall:

Enemy of the Wall (2017)

Buried alive on the Wall (2020)

Role Reversal:

Night of the Wolf (2017)

Nick Armbrister

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Europa IV – The Long Night Goodbye by Nick Armbrister /Andy N

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Cover photo by Nick Armbrister.

Contents

Andy N Poems

Andy N Extra Poems

Nick Armbrister Poems

Nick Armbrister Extra Poems

Afterward

Andy N Poems

Heroic

Feeling heroic beforehand

He soon became a coward

When the first bomb landed.

Heroic II

Trying to guide yourself

Into an emotional closure

Even the rain gave up

Trying that night

When the first bomb landed

Masking all of your problems into dust.

Heroic III

Fathers became beacons of sounds

When that bomb first fell

Holding their children under their coats

Whispering it would be over soon

Wven if they didn’t have a clue

Or indeed whether they would all live.

Heroic IV

Dogs were seen trying to pull

Their owners along on the floor

Whether they were alive or dead afterwards

After the first round of shelling

As heroic as any man.

Heroic V

Children lost their innocence

When they saw their best friends

Trapped underneath blasted buildings

And do everything they could to help

Until others saw what happened

And came running too.

Heroic VI