Wordsmith

By Jeffrey Lamont

‘This is Jeffrey Lamont’s fifth book of poetry’ following on from the success of his previous publications; Ulster Catharsis, Brochan Burn , Shared Futures and Maudlin and Bitter Poems

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse UK
• Release date: Feb 20, 2022
• ISBN: 9781665596565

Jeffrey Lamont

Jeffrey Lamont lives in Portrush, County Antrim, and Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. He has previously published two books of poetry, “Ulster Catharsis” and “Brochan Burn.” He has lived and worked in over twenty countries worldwide, which has provided inspiration for many of his poems. He also writes poems in the Ulster Scots tradition.

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Published by AuthorHouse 02/11/2022

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Contents

Anni Horribili

Beyond The Pale

Beyond The Pale

Broken Men

Burns

Cain

Dating Site Virgin

David Lean

Frae Whence I Was Hewn

George

Gewurtztraminer and Beer

God Love the Irish Language

Hardy

Lammas Time

Leonard

Liberty

Lithium, the Cure

Local Pubs

The Heavy Dew

Monopoly

Mood Swing

My Girls

My Wee Flat

New World

Ode Tae Whin Bushes

Oligarchs

Parking Lot

Parochialism

Pledge

Posers

Pundits

Renee, Sing

Reticence

Right to Passage

Ro-Ro-Rosie

Rosalia

Rose Shaughnessy

Rough Breeding

Saunterin

Self Medication

Stratosphere

Sweet Bushmills

The Barren Furrow

The Cornie Field

Small Minds

The Furtive Glance

The Spawning

The Sullied Ledge

Time Stands Still

Ulster

Warehouse Receipts

Five Lamps

Zbe Cries

Anni Horribili

(April 2021)

Four Anni Horribili

Since Aigul she kicked me out

Sleepin’ on the beaches

Just like a down-and-out.

An’ like a bomzh in Bishkek

Residing in spare rooms

Moving every month or two

As eviction day it looms.

While she is cosseted comfortably

In my house with four bedrooms

With her scrawny Belfast boyfriend

Unfairness, sure it booms.

But I did it for my Renee

Who’s just reached the age of nine

That she might keep her lovely home

And her lifestyle oh so fine.

Yet still it hurts into the core

That I’ve lost everything

My wife, my house, my vehicle

I stand naked, with nothing.

But the greatest thing she took

Possessions set aside

Was my belief in myself

My confidence and pride.

Beyond The Pale

(April 2021)

For I am now outside the pale

Of what she reckons proper.

I drink, I smoke, I write my poems

And don’t do what I oughter.

I castigate, I vilify,

I’m aggressive in my penning,

I do not spare the blade of wrath

Unlike the meek Carl Dinning.

But she is cold and harder,