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    Modern Day Life
    Modern Day Life
    Modern Day Life
    Ebook140 pages30 minutes

    Modern Day Life

    By Michael Rich

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    Twenty five 'poems' of varying lengths and styles, describing modern day experiences. Airports and checking in, security and airport lounges. Going to a coffe bar. Computer failure and buying a new one. Parents embarrassing their children.Going to the opera, an exhibition and a literary festival. Professional difficulties. Going to football and staying at a motorway motel. On getting older. Mobile 'phone. Breaking down on a motorway and buying a new car. Shopping in a mall and a supermarket. Urban decay and renewal and one or two others.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMichael Rich
    Release dateMay 27, 2012
    ISBN9781476451510
    Modern Day Life
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    Michael Rich

    Hi,I'm Michael Rich. I was born in Glendale, California in 1962. I've lived in California my entire life and currently reside in Northern California with my daughter. I'm a single parent; my wife passed away in 2011. I have always enjoyed writing and I studied creative writing in college. So far I have published one novel, but more are on the way. I'm currently working on the second novel, which has a working title of "The Preserve." I am also going to publish a series of short stories that are already completed, but need editing and formatting. If you like this first novel, "How I Did It," you can look for the short story collection in early 2015. I also enjoy writing songs (I play guitar and sing), golf, and alpine snow skiing.My writing is inspired primarily by four writers, in alphabetical order: Albert Camus, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Aldous Huxley and Jack London. I am not as talented as any of those writers, but their writing inspires me, informs my writing in subtle ways, and sets a standard of quality that I aspire to.If you buy "How I Did It" and you like it, I would welcome a posted review. Thanks for checking out my Smashwords profile.

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