Paperwork

By Steven Payne

Paperwork is a collection of poems I wrote in the aftermath of the death of Rhona, my beloved partner of twenty-one years, in November 2018, a death which came shockingly suddenly despite the fact that she had been ill for several years previously. I have tried to write poetry for many years but in Paperwork I set myself the highest goal possible; to aim at creating something that could be a worthy memorial to the love of my life. I hope that I've succeeded.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris UK
• Release date: Jul 30, 2019
• ISBN: 9781984591098

Steven Payne

I was born in 1972 and with one relatively brief exception I have lived all my life in my home county of Leicestershire. I have written from a very early age, although it took me almost until the age of forty to get into print! When not writing I enjoy reading, cooking and walking.

Book preview

Copyright © 2019 by Steven Payne.

Library of Congress Control Number:            2019910717

ISBN:                    Hardcover                    978-1-9845-9111-1

                              Softcover                      978-1-9845-9110-4

                              eBook                             978-1-9845-9109-8

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted

in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system,

without permission in writing from the copyright owner.

Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Getty Images are models, and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.

Certain stock imagery © Getty Images.

Rev. date: 07/30/2019

Xlibris

800-056-3182

www.Xlibrispublishing.co.uk

800285

CONTENTS

Commentary

Anon

Flotsam

Tacet

It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year

Paperwork

The Burning Times

Light

Bed

England Expects

Royal Mail

Perfect

Ignorance

Night and Day

Cold Snap

Museum

Exile

Silence

About Time

Sick

Oblivious

Death Poet’s Society

Steps

The Christmas