Soaring Higher: Poetry and Photographs

By Michael A Bobb

An idiomatic poetry book; a fine piece of literary art. The contents of this book can cause nuanced or monumental changes! A key definer of these pages is art -

• Language: English
• Publisher: The Autograph Score
• Release date: Jan 17, 2023
• ISBN: 9781739294717

Michael A Bobb

Michael Bobb was born in Beckenham, Kent, England, in 1963. Classical music throughout its history from ancient times to the contemporary is a particular passion and, interestingly, he has been known to compose pieces himself. Love in its individuality, multiplicity and dimensions can be found in every aspect of his life. His mind operates laterally, and he is always looking for the quantum physical connection - of which, he has an inside track.

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Michael Bobb

Soaring Higher

With photographs

by

the author

First published in 2023

by The Autograph Score

www.theautographscore.co.uk

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© 2023 Michael Bobb

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The right of Michael Bobb to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted in accordance with the

Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988

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ISBN 978-1-7392947-0-0

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"Words are potent.

Why keep good ones to yourself…?"

TABLE OF CONTENTS

LIST OF PLATES 11

INTRODUCTION 13

POEMS

1 Soaring, Soaring Higher And Higher 17

2 The Sky, The Sky 20

3 GOD CREATES 21

4 What Is There In All Creation...? 23

5 I Have A Nikon Camera 25

6 Pennsylvania 29

7 Wrynose Pass 31

8 Cumbria 33

9 Gone Fishing 37

10 Swaying, Swaying In The Breeze 40

11 The Garden Of Eden 42

12 This Is The Month – Eastertide 44

13 My Peace 47

14 The Ultimate Renewed Environment 49

15 A Natural Virtuoso! 51

16 The Known Great Composer 53

17 The JOH. SEB. BACH Limericks 55

18 Ludwig van Beethoven 56

19 O Love As Long As You Can! 57

20 My Well-Tempered Broadwood 60

21 Avril’s New Car 64

22 Mr Spock And The Lost Left Sock 65

23 Billy-Nilly 67

24 High Street! (Outside In – Inside Out) 71

25 Saffron And Wine Lamb 75

26 Dear Maiden, Fair Maiden 78

27 Pair Extraordinaire! 81

28 Where Would The Summer Be...? 82

29 The Greeting Kiss 84

30 The Parting Kiss 87

31 Summer Rain 90

32 Images: Pictures In My Mind 95

Themed audiobook on two CDs 101

Audiobook on YouTube 103

Music in audiobook 104

LIST OF PLATES

1 A Foggy Crossness Lake 19

2 A Sphinx 24

3 A Study 28

4 Alley 36

5 b&w 100 39

6 It’s a Play Thing 41

7 London 50

8 Pyramids United 63

9 Spherical Water 74

10 Spiral 77

11 Telephone Box 80

12 The Breeze 83

13 The Objective 89

14 The Raging Sea 94

15 The Stadium Perspective 98

INTRODUCTION

Splish, splash, splosh! This book is the result of what happens when my right hemisphere throws ink about! Poetry is, I consider, an artistic pursuit; an activity that uses one’s unique thought processes to select specific words which express and articulate in a particular way that is distinct from other genres of literature. The whole process of writing poetry cannot necessarily be explained. On some occasions I have a title, sometimes not. Sometimes I have a clear idea what I am going to write, sometimes the idea is less than clear. Sometimes I research, sometimes it is not necessary. In quite a large majority of cases I