Fans of British Writers discussion

Hello, everyone. One copy of my book, Angel War, is available to win in a Goodreads Giveaway. The Goodreads Giveaway began on Monday, 20th, February, 2017, and ends on Tuesday, 28th, March, 2017. Here is the link:
goodreads.com/giveaway/show/224282-an...

Here is a review of my book, Still the Dawn: Poems and Ballads, by Philip Lee:
goodreads.com/review/show/1922216568/

My memoir, Harvey's Hutch, was published by Mereo Books on Thursday, 11th, August, 2022.

Harvey's Hutch

Here is a poem from my book of poems, Last Flocks of the Geese, published in 2019.

Sand and Dust

A Stradivarius violin
he knew he would never own.
Fated to stay a pauper player
while he reaped what he had sown.

No, there were worlds that were not for him,
would remain outside the dance.
Stood against the wall where he was pinned,
stabbed by a glittering glance.

This poorly put together pantomime,
cruel circus antiquated with rust,
revue organised by black suited crime
was to him so much sand and dust.

Helicopters could not rescue him,
if the ocean hid his hand.
Followed the flight of the albatross
to be native to no land.

Content with his gypsy violin,
played for lovers and for wine.
His tunes were his horse drawn caravan,
be the weather foul or fine.

These cold chants against the citadel,
lost with the bare ballads of broken trust,
were to him like marks on a prison cell,
to fade away like sand and dust.

Last Flocks of the Geese