Poems of Imagination

By Ian Henry Love

These poems are the imaginings inside my head. Their ordering reflects my priorities.

My family comes first.

The time and place poems focus on everyday life, feelings and reactions to events.

The narrative poems have helped me to grasp some of the issues lying behind the shifting identities in these islands. They dip down into pre-history and up again into the present day. Geology is a unifying theme.

The commentary poems range from the serious to the frivolous. They set out my stall. I hope they are not too lecturing.

The poems of possibility are my attempt to wrap some metaphysics around the real world.

I have thought that when I go, maybe my “ Annie… “ poem and “ Dreaming On “ might make a suitable epitaph.

As with music, I am aware that accessibility is important. I hope that the words in these poems let you in and are not too obscure.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse UK
• Release date: Mar 27, 2019
• ISBN: 9781728386300

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Published by AuthorHouse 03/26/2019

ISBN: 978-1-7283-8624-9 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-7283-8625-6 (hc)

ISBN: 978-1-7283-8630-0 (e)

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Contents

Family

Love Off-Sprung

Annie, Before We Are So Exalted

Time & Place

Awaken

Urban Morning Sound

Ashore

Consumed…

The Killing Of One Hundred And Fifty Million Years

Island Narrative

N’Iron

Beannchor looks on

Ireland, a divided island part one

Ireland, a divided island part two

Ireland, a divided island part three

England, gleaming in the distance

Anglo-Norman arising

Great Little England part one

Great Little England part two

Comment

Admirable People

Being Right: science and knowledge

Being Right: art and religion

Zeitgeist part one

Zeitgeist part two

Zeitgeist part three

Short

Woman, whenever, wherever, whoever you are

Possibility

Dreaming On

The Story Of Potential

A Tale Of Cosmos part one

A Tale Of Cosmos part two

Song From Beyond The Stars: New Adventure

Song From Beyond The Stars: The Approach

Song From Beyond The Stars: Arrival

Family

Love Off-Sprung

futures cavort below the horizon

an expectant dawn glows, duly announcing the first born arrival

tomorrow then forward smiles, feeling good

half planned momentous moment, ordering fate, shaping survival

surf wave crests on a rising tide of change

new crinkled being in distant drumlin land of mountain beach

wall art celebration, welcoming warmth

wayward water falling just beyond the familiar fountain reach

special bundle of joy, laughter and tears

three generations wrapping briefly about the pivoting child

our trio of hope leaves a troubling land

babe in arms, love focusing purpose, semi-immigrants beguiled

vibrant cosmopolitan coloured city

horseback ride above Caribbean rhythm, ganja whiffs, deep base sound

rub-a-dub-dub, second child, dancing feet

love off-sprung onto a magazine cover front, duo on the ground

northwest trek to realm of changing light

over the hill of thankful rest, to the peninsular land descending

islands, seaways, mountains, canal and lochs

coastal woodland enclosing, framing communal friending