In Verse Reflections

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.  

Table of Contents:
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 Poême  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  

About the Author :
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

Review :
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