The Vanishing Hopes of a 20th Century Gentleman

by Paul Tristram / September 1st, 2019

… I recently got a hold of a copy
of your latest (Secret) book of poems
‘The Vanishing Hopes
Of A 20th Century Gentleman’,
and, I managed to find out
which pub you daytime drink in.
You have the eyes
of a wizened old hermit,
but the smirk/smile
of a naughty schoolboy.
Anyway, it was the title
which first attracted me to it,
and after reading it several times,
I just wanted to ask
how on earth you manage,
to lay your entire ‘Heart’ and ‘Soul’
down upon the brave page…
without becoming vulnerable,
and still retaining
your Punk Rock Outlaw Bastardness?
Oh, really, that simple… Alchemy.

Paul Tristram is a widely published Welsh writer who deals in the Lowlife, Outsider, and Outlaw genres.  He wrote his first poem as a teenager following his release from the (Infamous) Borstal ‘HMP Portland’, and he has been creating Literary Terrorism ever since.  His novel ‘Crazy Like Emotion’ is available to purchase right here . Also his collection of shorter fiction Kicking Back Drunk ‘Round The Candletree Graves' is available to purchase at https://bookgoodies.com/a/B0DFMTSR4F Both books are published by Close To The Bone Publishing. Read other articles by Paul, or visit Paul's website.

This article was posted on Sunday, September 1st, 2019 at 8:03am and is filed under Poetry.