Man is a meaning-seeking creature. We have an undeniable need to ask how and why. We look for answers to 'how?' in science and mathematics. For answers to 'why?' questions, we have to search in our experience of life and to explore the world of ideas, those of others and our own. That's when words and ideas, suitably arranged, come together in a happy confluence of sound and meaning, signifying something worthwhile. The poems in this book are written in various forms and styles. Some rhyme; some don't. The meaning of some is perfectly straightforward; others are multi-layered. In some of the…mehr
Man is a meaning-seeking creature. We have an undeniable need to ask how and why. We look for answers to 'how?' in science and mathematics. For answers to 'why?' questions, we have to search in our experience of life and to explore the world of ideas, those of others and our own. That's when words and ideas, suitably arranged, come together in a happy confluence of sound and meaning, signifying something worthwhile. The poems in this book are written in various forms and styles. Some rhyme; some don't. The meaning of some is perfectly straightforward; others are multi-layered. In some of the poems, the poet is seeking to meet one of poetry's familiar objectives, of conveying "what oft was thought, but ne'er so well expressed". But he clearly hopes that some of his readers will be interested in poems that explore ideas that are less commonly thought. Some of the poems deal with contentious issues; some contain sexually explicit lines and provocative thoughts. As he says in his Introduction: "If I offend anyone, I apologise. But everyone should have the right to say what they think, just as everyone has the right to disagree or criticise." The collection is divided into eleven sections: Love; Anger, Madness & Despair; Conflict & War; Danger & Fear; God; Hope; Life; Occasional Poems; Stories; Lyrics; Stuff & Nonsense.
Paul was educated at St Marylebone Grammar School and New College, Oxford, where he read English for a B.A (hons) and then took an M. Phil. in Modern English Studies. He has written poetry, fiction and non-fiction all his life. Most of his poetry has been published in a hard cover book entitled "The Elements of Life". This is a collection of poems, with illustrations by Daria Kisliouk, which is now in its second edition. He has also published an illustrated retelling in verse of "The Tortoise and the Hare" fable, illustrated by Joan Steel. In 2014, he published The Fourth Beginning, the first book in the Truth quartet. The second book in the series, The Devil's Truth, was published in 2016. The third volume, The Praesidium, will be published later in 2018. The fourth and final volume, The Whole Truth, will be published towards the end of 2018. In 2014 Paul also published Adventures in Grammarland, co-authored with Chris Prendergast, a fantasy of grammatical proportions and illustrated by Daria Mitchell. In 2015, he published the Report Writer's Handbook, designed to help anyone engaged in writing any kind of document to order their material and express their thoughts as clearly and succinctly as possible. In 2016, Adventures in Numberland was published, a companion to Adventures in Grammarland. Adventures in Numberland is a fairy tale that illustrates the importance of numeracy in business and in life All these books are available from Amazon. Paul has also written several other, as yet unpublished, fictional works, with the following titles: ¿ The Earthlight ¿ The Diarist ¿ Sexual Crisis Paul lives with his wife Janet just inside the New Forest, near Ringwood. They have two grown up children, Josh and Stephanie, and two boxer dogs, Cromwell and Tess. Paul is also currently developing a computer programme, DocuPraxis, as a companion to the Report Writer's Handbook, to assist users in composing reports and other types of document
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