Journeys, encounters and observations of nature's ways. Eighty short stories in free verse, all drawn from the author's life experience.

From high up on a bridge
I saw him coming from afar,
paddle paddle paddle,
paddle paddle paddle.
On he came the handsome drake
and when he was directly below
I captured him on film.

Or so I thought.

It wasn't until later
that I realised my conceit.
For beyond the planes of vision
the Jeweller was at work,
making an ever-changing, ephemeral necklace.

Cover photography: Dickie Tryon
Graphics/Illustrations: Perry Taylor
www.dickietryon.com

Dickie Tryon has lived and worked in three different continents. His CV would probably run to thirty entries, indicating the need to make ends meet, whilst avoiding the tedium of long-term employment?a decision often taken by the employer.

Writing is the most demanding taskmaster he has ever encountered.