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    The Journey Home: A Collection of 100 Poems
    The Journey Home: A Collection of 100 Poems
    The Journey Home: A Collection of 100 Poems
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    The Journey Home: A Collection of 100 Poems

    By Ladee Basset

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    The Journey Home is a collection of 100 poems written in the traditional poetic form of rhyme and time. Many of the poems are based upontruelife experiences, expressions of desperation and struggle, heartache and heart break, in the remembrance or thinking of either someone or a beloved pet, some are as aresult of an personal existing mood frame or purely based upon a factual point in time,some arepolitical view points or messages tothose involved inthe political systemand a few are entirely fictionalwrittensimplyfrom imagination. All of the combined poems are a journey through life, my life or our lives and the words are uniquely portrayed in perfect poetic context in rhyme and time creating a journey through life.. Each poem has a beginning, a middle and an ending whilst at the same time cleverly flows remaining on the subject matter without diversion. This book is the first book to express my minds abilities to write truely poetically and not merelyin prose, ode, or ballad form. Self contained structures all simple, easy to understand and read is the main aim whilst at the same time hopefully ensuring a message as concise as possible is given. These poems will be plondered upon undoubtedly and repetively for years to come by those who enjoy the love of poetry. The ability to both relate and correlate willbe experienced by thereader in not one of the poems but many of them. The undying devotion to create and express shines throughout this book from page to page and poem to poem.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse UK
    Release dateApr 23, 2009
    ISBN9781425982386
    The Journey Home: A Collection of 100 Poems
    Author

    Ladee Basset

    Born in England in 1957 and reared as a military child in several countries to include the USA, France, Germany and England. There are those who may refer to me as a "Military Brat" but I prefer to be considered as a "Military Spirit" or Military "Soul". The discovery of my poetic talent first came to light during my 7th grade year. The teacher, at the time, took the entire class outside in order to aid the inspiration of writing a poem and my creative effort shined through resulting in me receiving an "A". The fondness for the traditional form of poetry, strictly rhyme and time, simply grew and grew. Over the years my poetry has been recorded as song lyrics, accepted for print in various anthologies by the likes of the International Society of Poets, Dogma Publication and Forward Press.and has been read on radio. In 1992, I completed a Bsc in Computer Science from the University of Maryland which has aided in methodical thought processes being applied to my writing. My poetry appears extremely regimented appearing as soldiers in formation presumably due to military affiliation. I currently reside in the county of Norfolk, England which is of historical significance to the likes of Thomas Paine and Bodiccea and now serving host to me, Ladee Basset, the pen my sword. I believe the ability to express poetically is a gift that should be shared with others who enjoy poetry.

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      The Journey Home - Ladee Basset

      AuthorHouse™ UK Ltd.

      500 Avebury Boulevard

      Central Milton Keynes, MK9 2BE

      www.authorhouse.co.uk

      Phone: 08001974150

      © 2009 Ladee Basset. All rights reserved.

      No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.

      First published by AuthorHouse 4/17/2009

      ISBN: 978-1-4259-8238-6 (e)

      ISBN: 978-1-4259-8237-9 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4389-7380-7 (hc)

      Contents

      Acknowledgements

      Forward

      1.   Sherlock

      2.   Mrs. Eileen Daisy Polley

      1.   A Perfect Love

      2.   A Quiet Christmas

      3.   A Wailing Ghost

      4.   All My Days

      5.   Alone

      6.   Around The World

      7.   Be My Valentine

      8.   Bells of Freedom

      9.   Before I Go

      10.   Between The Sheets

      11.   Blessings On D-Day

      12.   Breakdown

      13.   Christmas Love

      14.   Clearly

      15.   Close To You

      16.   Crazy Kind Of Love

      17.   Crying Time

      18.   Dance All Night

      19.   Days Of Darkness

      20.   D-Day Celebrations

      21.   Deaf Ears

      22.   Dearest Valentine

      23.   Disappointments

      24.   Don’t Cry For Me

      25.   Don’t Leave Me

      26.   During Thanksgiving

      27.   Each Daybreak

      28.   Eyes On You

      29.   Faith In God

      30.   Follow Your Heart

      31.   Forever A Slave

      32.   Four Seasons

      33.   Happy Halloween

      34.   Happy Thanksgiving

      35.   Happy Valentines Day

      36.   Heart And Soul

      37.   I Know

      38.   I Remember

      39.   If I Could

      40.   If We Ever

      41.   In My Diary

      42.   In My Eyes

      43.   In Our Souls

      44.   Keep Loving You

      45.   Killing Me

      46.   Kiss And Tell

      47.   Kisses

      48.   Lantern Of The Night

      49.   Leap Year Day

      50.   Lips Divine

      51.   Little Christmas Tree

      52.   Live Life In Peace

      53.   Look For Love

      54.   Love Is Strength

      55.   Love Wont Ever Die

      56.   Lover’s Games

      57.   Mister Blair

      58.   Mister Brown

      59.   My Beautiful Basset

      60.   My Darling, My Sweetie

      61.   My Dogs And Me

      62.   My Greatest Love

      63.   My Little Girl

      64.   My Love Is True

      65.   My Pet Pride

      66.   Never Ever

      67.   No War

      68.   On Christmas Day

      69.   Only Through Time

      70.   Peace For All

      71.   Please Don’t Go

      72.   Pure Passion

      73.   Reaching Out

      74.   Rotten Things

      75.   Santa’s Coming

      76.   Scattered Pictures

      77.   Secret Societies

      78.   Simple Desire

      79.   So Far Away

      80.   So In Love

      81.   Something About You

      82.   Snowflakes

      83.   Specks Of Dust

      84.   Take Me

      85.   The Journey Home

      86.   The Fallen Trojan List

      87.   The Truth

      88.   The Way You Are

      89.   There’s No Future

      90.   Time Is Not A Barrier

      91.   To Die For

      92.   Trophies To Treasure

      93.   Try To Imagine

      94.   Ultimate Loving

      95.   When I Awake

      96.   Winds Galore

      97.   Wishing Merry Christmas

      98.   Working Hound

      99.   You Alone

      100.   You’re Not Alone

      Acknowledgements

      I thank the following listed publishers for finding the poems I submitted to them as acceptable for inclusion in their anthologies thus, resulting in their initial publishing as mentioned below:

      1.   International Society of Poets for A Wailing Ghost, My Dogs and Me, and Time Is Not A Barrier

      2.   Dogma Publications for Mister Blair.

      3.   Forward Press/Anchor Books for Dearest Valentine, Santa’s Coming, The Truth, Working Hound, and Blessings On D-Day

      Finally, thanks to BBC radio for accepting the poem entitled Time Is Not A Barrier and reading it aloud on the 5th of September 1997, the eve of Princess Diana’s funeral live from Althorpe, England.

      Forward

      I wish to dedicate this book to my grandmother, Mrs Eileen Daisy Polley who was born in London, England and celebrates her 90th birthday on the 18th of October 2008. She comes from a generation that did not grow up with luxuries such as supermarkets, computers, washing machines and all the existing technology we have available today. She has seen the world change dramatically and is from a living generation requiring adoration.

      My grandmother is strong, courageous, proud, a true Londoner and survivor of the London Blitz. We were devastated in 1993 when we suffered the loss of my mother, her daughter, from a cause created by humanity, asbestosis, without receipt of compensation. We have relied heavily upon each other for support in this eternal crisis. Her energy and lust for life has made

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