A Caravan of Poetry

By Steve Whitmill

Steve Whitmill has been a psychiatric nurse and geographer, and is a tutor and father. His inspirations come from personal love and loss, places he has visited and his appreciation of a wealth of literature and poetry; his influences include Spike Milligan, Carol Ann Duffy and Simon Armitage. He is currently writing a book on the Victorian Asylums. Steve is married and lives in Northampton.


July 2021
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• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse UK
• Release date: Jul 26, 2021
• ISBN: 9781665591720

Steve Whitmill

Steve Whitmill has been a psychiatric nurse and geographer, and is a tutor and father. His inspirations come from personal love and loss, places he has visited and his appreciation of a wealth of literature and poetry; his influences include Spike Milligan, Imtiaz Dharker, Michael Rosen, and Allan Ahlberg. ‘A Tentful of Verse’ is the second part of a trilogy which includes ‘A Caravan of Poetry’; the final poetry book ‘A Lodgeful of Words’ will follow soon. He is currently writing a book on the Victorian Asylums, whose influence might be recognised in some of his work. Steve is married and lives in Northampton.

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Published by AuthorHouse 07/26/2021

ISBN: 978-1-6655-9173-7 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-6655-9172-0 (e)

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Acknowledgements

I would like to thank my wife, Michelle, for enabling me the space and time to work on this poetry and my friend Lawrence Butterfield for giving me hope.

Dedication

These words are dedicated to my son, Zak, without whom I would have no light in my life.

Contents

102

The Stealer

Dark Trees

The Pool

Dead Caravans

Love

Looking Outside

Agent Orange

The Last Caravan

The Market

Friends

T O D I E I N Y O U R A R M S

Twinned

Fallen

Cloning for Love

The Graveyard

First Flush

Passing Out

Eaves Wood

The Parsonage

Black Crows

Dark-Skinned Girl

Bucket Shitlist

Easter 2017

102

Where are you going, you and your son?

I am