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THE ROAD TO THE ISLAND, AND BEYOND

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Author: ADRIAN ROGERS
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 9789363545748
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Publisher: Cyberwit.net
Pub. Date: 2025
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Price: $15
 
 

The poems in this collection are crafted in a style that is at once lucid, spontaneous, and deeply engaging. Each verse flows with an effortless grace that reflects the poet’s mastery over language and thought. What is most remarkable is the poet’s deliberate rejection of affected, verbose, and wearisome expressions, which so often burden modern poetry. Instead, the poet embraces a language that is simple yet profound, allowing the reader to experience the purity of emotion and the clarity of vision without distraction.

As one journeys through the collection, a sense of gradual elevation is felt, as though the poet is leading the reader from the quiet shores of contemplation into the vast ocean of human experience. The climax of the poet’s triumph is reached in moments of such emotional intensity and artistic perfection that the reader is entirely swept away, carried to a realm where the distinction between poet and reader seems to dissolve. These moments of heightened beauty linger in the mind long after the poems are read, leaving behind a resonance that is both intellectual and emotional.

Author BIO
ADRIAN ROGERS

Adrian Rogers was born and educated in England, moving to Ireland in 1969 to teach Music and English - both north and south of the border. In 1978 with his wife he moved to the Shetland Islands, in 1985 to Australia, and in 1992 to Papua New Guinea - teaching at the Internation School in Lae. In 1993 he returned to Australia, where he taught music privately until retiring in 2005.
He now focuses on writing stories, and above all poetry as the music of words. He has four fantasy novels published in Canada, two in Queensland, and numerous poetry collections published in Adelaide by Ginninderra Press. He has contributed poetry, essays and short stories, to many Australian periodicals, and also as contributions to anthologies. His work is influenced by his surroundings, beliefs, relationships, and life experiences. As for its style, he prefers to let the poetry speak for itself.


 
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