In Verse Reflections
Published on 7. August 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
101 pages
978-1-917525-46-6 (ISBN)
Description
My poems don't fit any particular genre, type or style; the collection has been written over a number of years and is delightfully diverse.
You will meet indifferent bees, the ghostly shapes of junior trout, the Gentile at the door of the Last Supper, a soldier doing his best, and be able to walk with me on a shining pathway of stars.
My verse may amuse, stimulate and even possibly challenge you. At times whimsical, it is sometimes philosophical and even theological and in one section reflects my time in the military.
Please dive in and enjoy.
You will meet indifferent bees, the ghostly shapes of junior trout, the Gentile at the door of the Last Supper, a soldier doing his best, and be able to walk with me on a shining pathway of stars.
My verse may amuse, stimulate and even possibly challenge you. At times whimsical, it is sometimes philosophical and even theological and in one section reflects my time in the military.
Please dive in and enjoy.
Reviews / Votes
Robert Plummer's collection of poems in his new book In Verse Reflections is luminous and quietly understated. Plummer beckons the reader into a cosy, yet intricate, journey of memory and we turn each page with renewed admiration with each new piece.Plummer has a wonderfully observant eye, and his writing reflects the gentleness with which he views our foibles, achievements, hopes and desires. He has clearly reached deeply into his memory, and his own search for meaning. Plummer has an eye that sees clearly but which is never harsh-His voice is wry, thoughtful and often beautifully tender.
Plummer keeps his language and use of form accessible to every reader and there is nothing highbrow about his work. He evokes the delicate silence of a misty morning, the anguished realities of a slowly creeping loss of a mind in "While I Remember," or the unexpectedly sly companionship of a computer in "The Better Half?", his poetry paints scenes that are both weighty and lightly rendered.
Colleen Figg -Professional freelance editor and book reviewer
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Grendon Underwood
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 127 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-917525-46-6 (9781917525466)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Robert
Plummer was born in Huddersfield, Yorkshire in July 1942 and educated at the
Lancaster Royal Grammar School. He served for thirty-six years in the Royal Air
Force where he attained the rank of Group Captain and during this time he
served in Aden, Bahrein, Belgium and Turkey.
In
retirement, he spent a number of years working for a London City based charity
which was followed, by eight years in La France Profond.
He presently
lives in Dorset and is a member of the Wimborne Library Poetry Group and the
Sherborne Library Poetry Group
Plummer was born in Huddersfield, Yorkshire in July 1942 and educated at the
Lancaster Royal Grammar School. He served for thirty-six years in the Royal Air
Force where he attained the rank of Group Captain and during this time he
served in Aden, Bahrein, Belgium and Turkey.
In
retirement, he spent a number of years working for a London City based charity
which was followed, by eight years in La France Profond.
He presently
lives in Dorset and is a member of the Wimborne Library Poetry Group and the
Sherborne Library Poetry Group
Content
CONTENTS
NATURAL
1
A.M. 3
Still 4
Away 5
Symphony 7
Holiday
Snap 8
A35 9
Being 10
ARTFUL 11
Bricks 13
Ceci N'est
Pas Une Poeme 15
Seeing And
Hearing 16
Lacuna 17
Keybashing 18
Excuse Me,
King James 20
Blue
Remembered 21
Oh, I See! 22
Something
Of Note? 24
WHIMSICAL 27
Stolen
Moments 29
Ara, Gos
And Fly 30
Dreaming 31
It's Only
Natural 32
I Know The
Feeling 33
Elusive 34
The Better
Half? 35
To Be
Perfectly Honest... 37
We Look Up... 38
Anyway 39
RELATIONSHIPS 43
A Quiet
Love Song 45
Sail Down
The Wind 47
That Glance 48
While I
Remember 49
The Gift 51
A Slice Of
Life 52
Love At The
Feast 53
Pause For
Thought 55
THEOLOGICAL 57
Eternity 59
Perhaps 60
Where's The
Point? 62
Sweet Irony 64
Motes And
Beams 65
A Miracle? 67
The Rainbow 68
The
Gentile's Tale 69
PHILOSOPHICAL 71
Time Travel 73
What? 75
Now There's
A Thought 76
Inside 77
Despair 78
CONFLICT 79
Armed
Forces 81
The Soldier 83
Here
Today..... 85
Deadly
Decision 86
What's To
Remember? 88
From The
Fallen 90
NATURAL
1
A.M. 3
Still 4
Away 5
Symphony 7
Holiday
Snap 8
A35 9
Being 10
ARTFUL 11
Bricks 13
Ceci N'est
Pas Une Poeme 15
Seeing And
Hearing 16
Lacuna 17
Keybashing 18
Excuse Me,
King James 20
Blue
Remembered 21
Oh, I See! 22
Something
Of Note? 24
WHIMSICAL 27
Stolen
Moments 29
Ara, Gos
And Fly 30
Dreaming 31
It's Only
Natural 32
I Know The
Feeling 33
Elusive 34
The Better
Half? 35
To Be
Perfectly Honest... 37
We Look Up... 38
Anyway 39
RELATIONSHIPS 43
A Quiet
Love Song 45
Sail Down
The Wind 47
That Glance 48
While I
Remember 49
The Gift 51
A Slice Of
Life 52
Love At The
Feast 53
Pause For
Thought 55
THEOLOGICAL 57
Eternity 59
Perhaps 60
Where's The
Point? 62
Sweet Irony 64
Motes And
Beams 65
A Miracle? 67
The Rainbow 68
The
Gentile's Tale 69
PHILOSOPHICAL 71
Time Travel 73
What? 75
Now There's
A Thought 76
Inside 77
Despair 78
CONFLICT 79
Armed
Forces 81
The Soldier 83
Here
Today..... 85
Deadly
Decision 86
What's To
Remember? 88
From The
Fallen 90