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Flicker (The Simply Senryu Series Book 1) Kindle Edition
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'Although the poems are short as the haiku style usually is P.J. Reed ignites the imagination with the rich visual imagery contained within her verse and the way in which the words knock together creating sparks.' DR
Flicker is a delightful collection of senryu or human haiku. In Flicker, Reed has brought together a series of poetic postcards, entwining the ever-changing nature of the Devon countryside, with the lives of some of the fascinating people she has encountered on her travels.This collection is a rollercoaster of human emotions, ranging from sensitive portrayals, to a wicked commentary of a host of characters she has met in her travels- including jealous wives, wandering husbands, bored businessmen, an ever-scribbling writer, a time traveller, and the infamous animal man of Crediton.
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- LanguageEnglish
- Publication date19 Nov. 2020
- File size559 KB
Product details
- ASIN : B08NXVCF1L
- Publisher : Lost Tower Publications (19 Nov. 2020)
- Language : English
- File size : 559 KB
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Not Enabled
- Word Wise : Not Enabled
- Print length : 120 pages
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About the author

Writer of Warlocks.
Destroyer of Worlds.
P.J. Reed is a writer and poet from England. She holds a BAEd from Canterbury Christ Church University, an MA from Bradford University and has dabbled in psychology with the OU.
She lives in Devon with two daughters, two rescue hounds, and a feral cat called Sammy.
She is an outrageously eclectic writer.
Her work has appeared in a wide variety of online and print magazines, anthologies and collections. In 2015 she was shortlisted for the National Poetry Anthology award. In 2018, P.J. won the Forward Poetry 'Circle of Life' competition for her poem 'The Empty Chair.
Reed writes the 'Bad Decisions' series of short horror stories, as a prequel to the Richard Radcliffe Paranormal Detective novels. All based around the sinister Devon moorland villages of Ashdurton and Witherleigh.
'Where there is no imagination there is no horror.' Arthur Conan Doyle, Sr.
Explore her work further by visiting her websites
Fantasy - https://pjreedwriting.wixsite.com/fantasy
Horror - https://pjreedwriting.wixsite.com/horror
Poetry - https://pjreedwriting.wixsite.com/poetry
P.J. Reed is on Twitter at:https://twitter.com/PJReed_author
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I didn't know what to expect as I havent read poems from P J Reed before. I was interested to see that some of the poems in Flicker are on the topic of COVID19. A subject which I have also written about too.
There are observations of a child standing apart from a long lost friend. The impact of closure of public toilets. Overheard conversations from disbelieving binmen. The UK governments Eat out to help out scheme. Nature's revival in roaming wildlife seen in our streets during the first Lockdown in March. Hoarding of toilet rolls and the impact of selfishness on the vulnerable. As well as, poetic commentary about the public's inability to wear face masks properly, and amusing face mask faux pas!
There are so many wonderful and powerful observations expressed in so few words. The power of poetry at it's best!
Such a great variety of poems - poetic observations about plastic surgery, homeless men, the blessing and curse of social media, modern war, the authors rescue dogs, tourist watching abroad, magical observations of the moon, sea and nature, to light-hearted and amusing coffee shop anecdotes.
My recommendation: a fantastic collection of poetry. I loved it.