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It's taken me four years but I got there and finally produced a goal (many thanks to my time on Fanstory too), you can copy and paste this link below into your browser to find the result (if you would like to, of course :-)...

http://neilwilliamholland.bandcamp.com/album/alternate-words

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Now for a muse....

I recently bought a second hand self-published book of poems by Charlie Barker, 463 verses, 50 religious.
In his preface he says ( and I will copy it exactly) " I endeavour in my writing, to cover a vast amount Of subjects, hoping should a reader read the four hundred verses thus Enclosed, he may not like three hundred and ninety nine, but like one. To me that spells success."
He also says, " In the writing of verse I find that when ones word Knowledge is limited, sometimes one as to pen what one does not Believe, in order to make the verse rime, next I come to spelling. Me I'm thick, why? I had a poor education, thus my spelling is poor, My publisher by me is instructed, (change nothing) so readers don't Blame me, blame the nineteen forties education system, blame my Teachers, most verse writers, I understand, went to High School, And before Publication, their books were scrutinised, and their Mistakes were thereon rectified, be that right or wrong, I do not know, I write what comes into my head, and better still what lies within my Heart, no-one can rectify or alter that fact, that is life."

Now you can't order this book as it has no ISBN number so I really do have a treasure and Charlie Barker I salute you. I love your work and bless the day I stumbled into that second hand book shop.

Here is an extract from his poem The Tit Family.

The Blue Tit is a friendly mite,
Colourful with guts,
His bright blue cap a pleasant sight,
As he hangs from put-out nuts.

..............gorgeous Charlie, gorgeous.

Here is my tribute to Charlie.

Please dear Lord, stop me from being pretentious, and keep my feet planted firmly on the ground. I want to be as pure a poet, as the poet I have found. God bless Charlie Barker, and the poetry in his heart.
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