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Re-edited and re-published complete wiith missing poem!

What people have said about “Uncertain Times” –

“This is an impressive first collection …. The poems have an easy strength and a directness that is strangely enchanting. Cullen most reminds me of Pablo Neruda not in style but sensibility. An apparent simplicity that is deceptively complex. There’s a lot going on here; love, loss, joy, work, family, trauma and the healing effects of nature. More like a selected poems than a debut, this is a rich, full and adroitly perceptive poetry that shows Cullen to be a quiet, strong and remarkable voice.”

Topher Mills, Poet.

“Your new “Uncertain Times” book is one of the best poetry books I have read – and read again – in a long time.

Peter Thabit Jones Poet. Editor The Seventh Quarry Swansea’s International Poetry Magazine. Playwright. Librettist.

     

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On boxing day

walked out with you

to a special place

under dingy low cloud

as we walked listening

to a mistle thrush sing

from a Holly tree standing

in winter whitened marsh grass

in a swept out fire break.

And Erw Beddau lies desolated in the distance.

for my daughter the bravest soul I know.

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Credit Rob Cullen

First published 2016 – Re-edited, Republished and available on Amazon now!

There is a story to tell! Poetry written over 40 years.

“This is an impressive first collection …. The poems have an easy strength and a directness that is strangely enchanting. Cullen most reminds me of Pablo Neruda not in style but sensibility. An apparent simplicity that is deceptively complex. There’s a lot going on here; love, loss, joy, work, family, trauma and the healing effects of nature. More like a selected poems than a debut, this is a rich, full and adroitly perceptive poetry that shows Cullen to be a quiet, strong and remarkable voice.”

Available on Amazon now.

Absence

…

Present absent lost.

He was here there

but parts were absent

lost on an Italian beach

amid 90 per cent casualties.

…

Locked in a camp

with one water faucet

and 7000 thirsty starving men

waiting for red cross parcels.

…

He never wore

his campaign medals

or marched

up and down

…

Saluting cenotaphs

as old soldiers do

at the parades

each year in town.

…

We lived

with photographs

sealed in a black box

locked under his bed.

…

Photographs taken

of pre-war days

Serpentine deck chairs

of Regents park.

…

Hyde Park

Speakers Corner

on Sundays

and those friends

…

His memories

all gone

now then

and now he’s gone too.

“Absence” First published in “Uncertain Times” ©robcullen

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