Unsophisticated Verses and Lyrics

About the Book

The author has always thought that poems should be written in a manner that is readable and understood at all levels of education. Furthermore, he believes they should contain a message that induces the reader to think on aspects of life outside his/her own sphere of activity, as well as gaining some pleasure when so doing. For poetry (as is the case in the majority of modern poetry) to consist of a conglomeration of words that do not correlate makes the author think that the poet is sometimes misguidedly interested in proving that the poet should be regarded as some special brand of intelligentsia. For him that is talent wasted. The poems presented in this volume are eminently readable and express meaning and feeling directly and honestly. As for Lyricsýhere, again the author objects to the modern songs that are usually a tales-of-woe screeched out in a manner that makes the wording completely indiscernible. No longer do we hear boys whistling tunes as they ride their pushbikes. The author points out that we are passing through a sad era and enjoys the thought that with these pieces of verseýpoems and lyricsýhe might, in some small way, hasten its departure.

About the Author

Born into the hard and thankless world of a pioneer gold-mining town, Filton Hebbard has always yearned to get those painful years recorded in the annals of history as part of the Australian heritage about which so many know so little. His earlier novels, Branigan, Tipsy Marsh, and the short stories in Memories of Kalgoorlie, have painted some of the stark reality of true life in those semi-lawless days; and his latest novel, Killer Genes, reaches into the darkness of our genes, to tell us that much of our behaviour, our skills and our torments, were decided centuries before we were born. This collection of poems and lyrics will throw a new light on the author, in many cases a softer light with shafts of humour.