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Reflections in Verse
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by Beth Richards
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UK
price:
£3.99
US price:
$7.95
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 0-7223 3578-4
Published: June 2005
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For this slim
volume of poetry, Beth
Richards has drawn
inspiration from her own
experiences to produce a
thoughtful collection of
verse. Although the topics
vary, the overriding
message is be positive and
don’t overlook, or take for
granted, the many wondrous
gifts in your life as you
struggle over the obstacles
that fate places in your
path.
PRESS RELEASE:
Wednesday June 25th
2005
A
local author has recently
published a book of her
reflections on life.
Entitled Reflections in
Verse, the book includes
poems on many subjects
related to events in her own
life, or things which have
happened to people close to
her.
Beth
Winchcombe, who writes under
her pen-name of Beth
Richards, has been writing
poetry for 30 years. She was
born in Marlow in
Buckinghamshire but moved to
Derbyshire 7 years ago, and
now lives in Clowne.
Beth
says, “Inspirations come to
me at any time. I believe
that everything we do in
life begins with just an
idea, and whether we then
follow up that idea is
entirely up to us.” Beth
believes that this can apply
to big ambitions and to
simple pastimes and that, if
people feel they have a
gift, they should use it.
Her poems reflect this
simple belief.
The
publisher’s notes
accompanying Beth’s book
describe her work:
“For this slim volume of
poetry, Beth Richards has
drawn inspiration from her
own experiences to produce a
thoughtful collection of
verse. Although the topics
vary, the overriding
message is to be positive
and don’t overlook, or take
for granted, the many
wondrous gifts in your life
as you struggle over the
obstacles that fate places
in your path.”
Her poem,
entitled “Reflections”,
demonstrates that positive
view:
I
look in the mirror and
what do I see?
A face looking back, surely
it’s
not me?
What happened to the young
girl,
The one with long blonde
hair?
Certainly now she is no
longer there.
The years have gone past
And my hair is now grey,
But inside
it’s
still me
And always will be, come
what may.
In other
verses she writes of
friendship, dreams, love and
destiny.
Beth describes the readers
of her book as being people
much like herself. “We have
all had and lost friends,
done things of which we are
proud and others which we
have regretted. People of my
age like to reflect on those
thoughts and many people who
have read my poems describe
the way in which the verses
seem to have been speaking
about something very
personal to them.”
Reflections
in Verse
is published by Arthur H
Stockwell. The book is
available, price £3-99
(plus 99p postage),
direct from the Author. For
further information on this
press release, or on Beth’s
book, or to order a copy of
the book, please contact her
directly at:
75 Gray
Street, Clowne, S43 4RT.
Phone: 01246 811558.
About the author
Poetry is
one of Beth Richard’s
creative gifts. She also
paints in oils. She believes
that if one has a gift one
should use it. She has
written many poems on many
subjects, usually related to
happenings in her life and
people close to her. She
says: “I think very deeply
and therefore what I write
and what I paint comes right
from my heart.” Inspirations
come to her at any time.
“Everything we do in life
begins with just an idea,”
she says, and adds, “whether
we pursue it is up to us."
Her second book,
Chill Out
With Beth,
embraces her sensitive and
optimistic vision for both
young and old so that, in a
sense, the reader has the
benefit of two books in one!
Parents and Grandparents can
read the beguiling story in
the first part to their
children or grandchildren,
and enjoy the poems that
follow for themselves. The
second volume is in effect
an extension of the poet’s
earlier collection
Reflections in Verse.
Beth Richards has been
writing poetry for thirty
years. She was born in
Marlow in Buckinghamshire,
but moved to Derbyshire
seven years ago, and now
lives in Clowne.
PROFILES
OF THE AUTHOR
Profile (No.1)
I began writing poetry 30
years ago, so my small book
entitled REFLECTIONS IN
VERSE includes poems on
many subjects usually
related to happenings in my
lifetime and people close to
me.
Inspirations come to me at
anytime. I believe that
everything we do in life
begins with just an idea;
whether we pursue it is up
to us. I will pick just one
or two poems from my book.
We all have a dream at some
time in our lives. So "Dream
Cottage" on pages 12 & 13
were my dream.
Also, many of us have a best
friend. So “My Best Friend"
is on page 22.
Many of us at some time in
our lives have a dog. So
"Pickles" on page 25 was my
dog.
We can all relate I’m sure
to "SECOND CHANCE" at some
time in our lives. My
meaning to this poem is: “We
are none of us perfect.”
I would be happy for you to
read and enjoy my small
book, or perhaps you know
someone who would like it as
a small gift. If so please
contact me
Beth Richards.
Tel 01246-811558.
Profile (No.2)
I was born in Marlow, Bucks
and have now retired to
CLOWNE in
Derbyshire.
I began writing poetry over
30 years ago and recently
had a small book
published entitled
“REFLECTIONS IN VERSE". For
this I use my pseudonym
Beth Richards.
The poems are on various
subjects as they related to
happenings
throughout my life and those
close to me.
I believe if you have a gift
you should use it.
I also paint in oils and
enjoy both hobbies.
Everything we do in life
begins as an idea and
depends on whether we pursue
it.
To read my small book and I
hope enjoy it as my many
friends have, or to obtain a
copy, perhaps for a small
gift for someone, is
possible by contacting
myself.
Beth Richards. Tel
01246-811558.
Profile
(No.3)
For what it is worth my
belief is that our lives are
mapped out from the day we
are born.
Therefore my poem entitled
“DESTINY” “ on page 43 in
REFLECTIONS IN
VERSE is my way of
saying just this.
In my second book CHILL
OUT WITH BETH! GEMS FOR
YOUNG AND OLD there is a
poem entitled “JUST A
MEMORY” which is a slightly
philosophical view of mine;
it is on page 14.
This year after watching the
Remembrance Services on T.V.,
I just knew I had to write a
poem for this was all a part
of History, so I’ve written
a long poem entitled
“REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY”. It
came to me in what I call an
inspiration, but it is
really like listening to a
phone call into my mind.
If my books help someone to
deal with something in their
life, then to me it will all
have been worthwhile and
give me a feeling of great
achievement.
(Copyrighted to Beth
Richards Jan. 2006 © )
Remembrance
Sunday
Remembrance day, another
year gone by,
A time to think and remember
them, they didn’t want to
die,
They had to fight for King
and Country, they didn’t
have a choice,
They had to leave their
loved ones, their thoughts
they couldn’t voice,
Sixty years on, we the
people remember the pain
that war can cause,
But has anyone learnt from
the horrors of the past, not
to start these wars?
It seems not—they carry on
making the same mistakes
again.
Why don’t
they
listen, learn from the past?
It’s really very plain,
For there is much anger and
un-rest throughout the world
today,
Uprisings, trouble, hatred
and violence; there must be
another way.
Each year we go on
remembering the brave who
fought and died,
The wives and mothers left
at home, their hopes and
fears they would hide.
Some came home wounded,
disabled, troubled in their
mind,
Some came home disfigured,
some of them were blind.
No doubt next year they’ll
gather once again,
Two minutes of silence to
reflect and think of all the
needless pain.
We can’t put right the
wrongs of the past but
surely can’t they see,
Just think about the
consequences of any actions,
think of the dying soldier’s
last words,
What would
they be? …
PLEASE REMEMBER ME…
(Poem copyrighted to Beth
Richards Nov. 2005 )
Also by Beth Richards:
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Pause for Thought:
With Versastyle
Poetry
by Beth Richards
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UK
price:
US
price:
Publisher:
DIADEM BOOKS
Format: Paperback
Size : 5" x 8"
Pages: 164
ISBN-13:
978-1908026361
ISBN-10: 1908026367
Published:
November-2011
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The most significant
contribution of this
versatile and inspired
author in this volume is her
use of a new form of poetry
that she has aptly dubbed 'Versastyle
Poetry' - for which she
deserves to find a permanent
place in the history of
literary criticism or
literary style. This is the
intermingling of, or
alternating use of, free
verse and rhyming stanzas...
where the repeated rhyming
stanza picks up the thematic
strands in the free verse
component as an echo,
refrain or leitmotif,
serving, in effect, as a
thematic chorus. This works
very effectively, for
example, in her poems
'Delicate Rosebuds', and
'Magic Mirror', where each
repetition of the rhyming
stanza uncovers deeper
levels of insight.
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Epic Times, Past
and Present:
Reflections in Prose
and Poetry
by Beth Richards
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UK
price:
£9.99 US
price:
$11.89
Publisher:
DIADEM BOOKS
Format: Paperback
Size : 5" x 8"
Pages: 246
ISBN: ISBN-13:
978-1908026095
Published:
March-2011
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My main aim in Epic Times,
Past and Present is to
magnify the difference
between life in the 20th
Century and today's faster
pace of living. To do this I
began with 'Comradeship at
its Best', a true story of
my childhood memories of
war-torn Britain back in the
4th decade of the last
century. The theme of the
very last poem, 'The Day I
Trembled with Fear' occurred
recently in January 2011,
reflecting upon a
mini-earthquake in Ripon,
also Leeds...just a few
miles from where I live in
Derbyshire. I remarked in
this poem, 'we don't do
Earthquakes in Britain', but
it appears now....anything
goes! The book literally
goes from past to present
times. Are we any better off
with today's way of living?
I don't think so! Do you?
Read this book before you
answer! - Beth Richards.
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Chill
Out With Beth
:
Gems for Young and
Old!
by Beth
Richards
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UK
price:
£5.63
US price:
$9.95
Format: Paperback
Size : 6 x 9
Pages: 50
ISBN: 0-595-37203-1
Published: Sep-2005
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Chill Out
With Beth
combines an enchanting fairy
story for children with
poems that are gems of
wisdom and insight relevant
to both young and old in the
journey of life. Writing of
friendship, dreams, love and
destiny, her overall message
in is to be positive and to
appreciate the wondrous
gifts in our lives.
In this intriguing
collection of sincere and
heartfelt poems, Beth
Richards, the “Wise Owl”,
brings us more gems of
wisdom that become beacons
for guidance through the
everyday problems and joys
of life. Writing of
friendship, dreams, love and
destiny, her overall message
in is to be positive and to
appreciate the wondrous
gifts in our lives.
This story is based on what
a lot of us feel when our
children flee the nest! Life
is a journey. At the
beginning Carol has a dream,
which is something many of
us have and fulfil,
depending upon
circumstances. The big
question is—will we achieve,
in the end, what starts out
as a dream?
Worlds Apart
Poems of Contrast
by Beth Richards &
Charles Muller |
Our price:
£7.00
US price:
$13.95
Format: Paperback
Size: 6 x 9
Pages: 134
ISBN: 0-595-50302-0
Published: Apr-2008
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Two poets - two worlds:
poems of deep and humorous
reflections (set in England)
contrasted with poems of
stark reality (set in South
Africa and elsewhere).
LIGHT
READING
Reflections in
Poetry and Prose
by Beth Richards |
UK price:
£8.96 US
price:
$16.95
Publisher: DIADEM
BOOKS
Format: Paperback:
Perfect binding ,
cream interior
Size : 6 x 9 (US
trade)
Pages: 140
ISBN:
978-0-9559852-9-4
Published:
December-2008
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Beth Richards writes: ‘I’ve always maintained that writing poetry (and other forms of creative writing) is a gift from God.’ Here, again, the creative muse continues to inspire Beth—hence this latest book of short stories and poetry entitled Light Reading. (Discerning readers will, of course, appreciate the pun on the word Light, hopefully made clearer by Beth’s oil painting of the Baccaro Lighthouse, in Nova Scotia, on the front cover!)
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Darkness to Light
Further Enlightening
Poetry & Prose
by Beth Richards
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UK
price:
£6.99
US price:
$10.40
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Diadem
Books
Size : 20.3 x 12.7 x
0.8 cm
Pages: 138
ISBN: 978-1907294075
Published: Sep-2009
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A new collection of Beth
Richards' inspiring poems
and prose pieces.
NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR:
My aim in this book of poems
and prose is to reach out to
a number of readers –
therefore I’ve written about
many different subjects,
which will almost certainly
touch the hearts of many.
Maybe some of the subjects
will even help someone with
a similar problem in his or
her life to find a solution
– a form of self-help!
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