Robert Edwards
ALLi Author Member
Location: United Kingdom
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I write, design and publish my books and distribute them directly myself. Four are volumes of poetry; three, journals and autobiography. The county of Sussex features prominently in several of the books, most of which are illustrated with drawings - in one, my own, in another, my photos. The books have all been printed by the same local studio, in a uniform general design and dimension, on card and paper of high quality, and most are thread-bound. Each poetry book is concerned with a particular and unifying theme of its own, while all share a principal focus on landscape, architecture and nature. Biographical, social and cultural elements in the subject matter tend to be historically or geographically orientated. The forms vary between classical and free verse, and the style can be dramatic and comical or thoughtful and contemplative, the phraseology rhythmic and quirky. Three of the books are in second, revised editions, and all have explanatory prefaces. Like the poetry, the journals are essentially descriptive, and again single-themed, one relating to my operation of a pedlar's licence in towns and countryside, one the diary of a view from a coastal window - a joint work with paintings, drawings and sketches by the artist Dominic Sladden - and the other a volume of autobiographical essays. All are essentially literary rather than eventful.
Robert Edwards' books
Genres: Travel Writing, Humorous Poetry, Nature Poetry
Formats: Paperback
Age Groups: 18+
An 80 page volume, printed on high quality card and paper, thread-bound, illustrated with colour photography by the author; entirely designed, produced and published by him. The book is a second, revised edition, published in 2025. It consists of a collection of poems observing and describing scenes of or involving trees, woods and forests predominantly of beech. An autobiographical preface explains the formative experience of a childhood in a Sussex forest village home surrounded by woodland dominated by beech trees, making an impression of intensity and intimacy leading to an enduring fascination and life-long passion for the species. The romantic and enthusiastic elements are counterbalanced in the poetry by moments and passages of context, objectivity, comedy and self-questioning. Moreover, many other types of tree and wildlife make appearances along the way, and plenty of the beeches featured are found in urban settings. The geographical area involved encompasses the majority of...
Genres: Epic Poetry, Humorous Poetry, Nature Poetry
Formats: Paperback
Age Groups: 18+
An 80 page volume, printed on high quality card and paper, thread-bound, illustrated with drawings by Karen Grace; entirely designed, produced and published by the author. The book is a second, revised edition, published in 2016. It consists of a collection of poems observing and describing architecture, vistas, events, institutions and people of Brighton, by a writer with extensive family background in the town and surrounding area of Sussex. Composed in generally lucid and conventional language and phraseology, the forms range from classical scan and rhyme to free verse, and the tone varies from comical and ironical to complimentary and affectionate, in moods of contrasting temperamental character. The term 'burble' of the title was a originally a self-deprecatory flippant joke applied to the title of a slim pamphlet containing the earliest poems; the ISBN arrived together unexpectedly with nine more numbers, under the term chosen as imprint for the pamphlet,...
Genres: Humorous Poetry, Nature Poetry, Other Poetry
Formats: Paperback
Age Groups: 18+
An 80 page volume, 11x18cm, printed on high quality card and paper, thread-bound, illustrated with drawings by Karen Grace; entirely designed, produced and published by the author. The book is a second, revised edition, a third and further revised edition of which is planned for publication later in 2026. The book is a collection of poems observing and describing a variety of specific locations, landscapes, architecture, events, institutions and people of Sussex, by a writer with a life-long background there. The forms range from classical scan and rhyme to free verse, and the tone varies from exuberant or comical to sober or tentative. The 'attitudes' of the title are meant to mean the conveyance of thoughts and sentiments of the poet to the subject matter, and implicit poses, conscious or unconscious, thereby struck. Composed in generally lucid, transparent language, the tone is nevertheless often wistful and allusive. However, the overall...