Les Derbyshire Biography
I now live in the 'West Country' of England, in a village, in a quiet valley. I'm sure that this has an influence on the way I write and certainly on some of the subject matter.
I've always enjoyed good descriptive prose and a wide variety of poets but came quite late to writing my own poetry. I find that sometimes, when the germ of a poem starts to form, it helps me to write the 'story' in the form of poetic prose before working it into a more poetic form.
My life used to be a calm pool,
Still,
Serene,
Hardly a ripple disturbing the surface.
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So many things have changed
Since first I came
To the white island
In my early, early summer.
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Come close and feel the night!
Here with me beneath this tree,
Listen to the darkness!
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One mystical, magical evening
I looked into my world
And found you there.
I never knew where you came from
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