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I don't suppose you've felt the space between us. But I measure it out every single day. Looking through your eyes I see a stranger who keeps colliding with our heart and then steals your gaze. From the poem Somersault.
The Wishing Line is a new collection of words, verse and despatches from City to Suburbia. Simon Wells is the author of 13 books. This is his second volume of poetry.
Simon Wells
Simon Wells has written on film and music for numerous magazines and newspapers including The Guardian; The Times and The Independent. He is a regular contributor to Empire, Record Collector, Hotdog, TV Zone, Watch, Total Film, and The Beatles’ Book, the group’s official magazine In addition to his writing credits, Simon has researched projects for the likes of the BBC, Channel Four, C5, Discovery Channel and Virgin Media, as well as broadcasting live on LBC, ITN and the BBC on film and music. In My World is a free sample of Simon's poetry which will coincide with The Wishing Line, Stolen Words From Suburbia set for release 2019.
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The Wishing Line - Simon Wells
THE WISHING LINE
SIMON WELLS
For Mark Farran
My partner in rhyme
May you shine dear boy
Where forever you may roam
First published in 2019 by:
Griffiths-Publishing
© Copyright 2019
Griffiths-Publishing
© Copyright 2019
(Simon Wells)
ISBN: 9780463251225
The right of (Author) to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by Simon Wells in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
All Rights Reserved
No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No paragraph of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with the written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright Act 1956 (as amended).
CONTENTS
The Angel of the Hillside
Sometimes in the Morning
Between 13 and 14 Staines to Heathrow
Edwin Parsons
Ella
An Echo in Our Hands
The Girl who Switched off the World
Laughing at the Moon
Be
Instinct
My Town is Painted Green
Drummond Road
There’s Beauty in What You Do
(It’s Just you Don’t Know it)
Concrete Hearts and Souls
Feather in the Road
The Idle Poet
Come Down its Morning Child
Instead of Rushing Home from Work, I Decided to Look Around
But I Will Always Love you
Somersault
The Earl of Serenity
She Walks in Rhyme in Front of Me.
Moonlight on the Water
The Sweetest Fool
You Can Always Come Home
The Right Way
Further Down the Road
You Made Me