The Works of Creatures and Other Beings: A Poetry Collection

By Thomas Petty

The collection of poems is centered on the headspace of the author and contains poems about religion, war, society, and even an ode to cats. It specifically looks at problems at some parts of society that the author has encountered growing up in the sparse rural community that is South Wales. It is a collection of poems that not only contains good topics to use in general conversations but also contains what I have felt about the topics over the last year or so. I hope that people can relate to these poems and feel some empowerment over society.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris UK
• Release date: Jul 21, 2017
• ISBN: 9781543485875

Thomas Petty

Thomas Petty was born and raised around the area of Caerphilly in south Wales. Only in the last two years has he developed a likeness for poetry with the use and form of words and phrases that were complimentary to his upbringing. After writing short stories for fun with his family, he decided to take up writing as a serious ambition, with the purpose of sharing his views and ideas with the book community, and the wider society alike. He currently resides in Blackwood, south Wales, and hopes to be an aspiring poet and writer.

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Copyright © 2017 by Thomas Petty. 763254

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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to any actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

Rev. date: 06/01/2017

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Contents

Acknowledgements

VOLUME I

Grey is the king

The Doors of Consciousness

Bizarre dreams

A lupins understanding of life

Euphoria avenues

The first dawn

No ones concern

A Bluer shade of Beer

Rooftop wonderers

Weed Mysteries

Scented sentiments

The Colonist Captain

A Radicals Way Out

An Ode to Cats

Dumb Waiter

Jack and Joan went to the hill

Writers block

A poem for her

A sweat of velvet

Supreme sleepiness

A Girl for some

The Hills have eyes

The missing piece

A New found god

Endeavour me

A woman’s right to co-exist

Peace Lilly

Workers Grief

The Dream of Escapism

VOLUME II

Cornucopia

Sanctuary

Give it some Buzz

Old Infatuation

Made in Memorabilia

Alcoholism

Camomile Tea

The Cottagers Myth

I met a strange man in my dreams

Have you given up on us

All we hear is social suicide

A Diagram of the first date

The Grief of Man

Tis the season all to cry at once

Vulnerable necessities

A certain birthday party for Bees

Milking It

Acknowledgements

A massive thank you for everyone over the past year of whom i have shared a lot of different experiences with, you mean so much to me it hurts. Also a big thank you to my mum Jacky who has motivated me to put pen to paper and make this project a reality, and proof read a lot of the early versions of this collection. I would also like to thank my publishers who have given me the confidence to make this possible.

VOLUME I

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Grey is the king

your features are too bare to be a human stroke of a feather

yet your hands show silk to the bone

as it caresses your inner thigh

tasting the natural dissent.

his clothes are too adulterated to