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    More Whimsies, Still No Frills
    More Whimsies, Still No Frills
    More Whimsies, Still No Frills
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    More Whimsies, Still No Frills

    By Chris Raven

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    Described once as a ‘no-frills poet’, Chris Raven has taken this proudly to heart, with another twenty ‘no frills’ poems, exploring love, life, absurdity, Brexit, Lockdown, The Jubilee Line and Ninja Nuns.

    CONTENTS

    Ninja Nun
    Jubilee Line: Alighted
    Broken Not Broken
    Milk-grey Eyes
    A Minute
    Jubilee Line: Canary Wharf
    The Night Surely Can’t Last
    Social Glue
    Ophelia’s Limerick
    Covid Hair Repair
    Everyone Has the Right to Breathe
    Vivid Dreams
    Jubilee Line: Face Mask
    The Black Knight of Higham
    Blue Passport
    You Saw My Sink
    Someone To Talk To
    The Juggling Judge
    My Father
    Rainbow Badge

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRaven's Staff
    Release dateDec 2, 2020
    ISBN9781005248017
    More Whimsies, Still No Frills
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    Chris Raven

    Chris Raven was born in South London some 50 or so years ago, maybe a little more. He originally started out in Local and Community Theatre in the 1980s, but became side-tracked by health and social care, where he has made his living for the past 30 years or so. More recently he has found his way back to the creative arts and enjoys writing in several forms and genres, including poetry, short storytelling and playwriting.He also performs and has contributed illustrations to other author's works. He has edited books for The Indie Collaboration and he joint coordinated the 'Tall Stories' shared writing project.

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      More Whimsies, Still No Frills - Chris Raven

      More Whimsies, Still No Frills

      By Chris Raven

      Copyright © 2021 Chris Raven

      All rights reserved.

      ISBN: 9781005248017

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      INTRODUCTION

      Described once as a ‘no-frills poet’, Chris Raven has taken this proudly to heart, with another twenty ‘no frills’ poems, exploring love, life, absurdity, The Jubilee Line, Brexit, Lockdown and Ninja Nuns.

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      Ninja Nun

      Jubilee Line: Alighted

      Broken Not Broken

      Milk-grey Eyes

      A Minute

      Jubilee Line: Canary Wharf

      The Night Surely Can’t Last

      Social Glue

      Ophelia’s Limerick

      Covid Hair Repair

      Everyone Has the Right to Breathe

      Vivid Dreams

      Jubilee Line: Face Mask

      The Black Knight of Higham

      Blue Passport

      You Saw My Sink

      Someone To Talk To

      The Juggling Judge

      My Father

      Rainbow Badge

      About Chris Raven

      Ninja Nun

      God bless you, she says,

      As I step over the kerb,

      And rush for my train.

      Dashing past high street clutter:

      The bicycle stations, the

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