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Firstly, let me say this I love to be reviewed by readers , any form of critique is good as far as I am concerned, also I have a very thick skin, so whatever a reader thinks goes as far as the reader wants, but every I ask a reader or even a friend to review my ebooks, their eyes glaze over...

The great question, so often asked, here is my take on it, I write poetry, its niche at best, and in my case for those that read , an acquired taste, would I change , would I spend my day's writing affirmations, or haiku's no would be answer , not that there is anything wrong with it , but its...

Autumn The sign's are there The wet road littered with leaves Like life strewn with , what might have been Autumn or the fall as our American cousins say Has that sense of foreboding, like a stay of execution Before winters decay Forty eight autumns have come and gone The laughter lines are...

being Invisible I sit and watch the world pass Wrapped up against the elements A door way for a home Against the world alone The heaving rush of busy people Going faster to their destinations No time to worry about the poor Averted eyes their noble cure Sleeping with one eye open Fearful...

Screams She sits wondering how it came to this How life has conspired to make her feel this way She used to dance and sing She was so full of life In twenty minutes , it had all changed The stroke Now she has all these words she can not utter Constrained in a body, that no longer responds to...

Dancer Direct, to the point Ambition, obvious Years of practise The haughty style Please don't touch me The ballet dancer Her hair in a bun Today she is Ophelia Tomorrow she is Giselle The straight lines no boundary to art She can not be altered As she is, is as she was She turns on her stage...

For those of you who may wish to hear me read two of my poems , then just go to youtube, put video's by Gerard Quain in search box, but be warned I am Irish, from Munster region of Ireland,some may not get accent, but you will be intrigued, and it will be verbal adventure

Should poetry writer pay for their ebooks to be reviewed , my answer is no, because you will never know if your review has been given honestly of is given in hope of future work , or repeat business, be careful , the only review worthwhile is that of a reader who chooses freely to write a...

Slight of hand She flashes her eye's She beams a smile All done to hide the lies With a magicians skill The illusion become's reality She says she give's freely She never does She never does It's a slight of hand She's the master in command It's a slight of hand She has a master plan Never...

Should art always reflect the world, even if its poetry, or should it be alternative to the craziness of modern living, and modern behaviour, it is the great question

hi there, my name is Gerard Quain , I am an Irish poet, check out my profile or links , all previews or reviews good bad or ugly , gratefully accepted , may all the blessing's of life be bestowed to the selfless

This beautiful collection of short poems, that are direct and in your face, no meandering verses here, http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/hardman1

This my first ebook, it is a melodic collection of poetry , reflecting my view of the world as seen through an irish man's eye, http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/hardman1