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    Out of the Jar: My Book of Poems
    Out of the Jar: My Book of Poems
    Out of the Jar: My Book of Poems
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    Out of the Jar: My Book of Poems

    By Stephen Robert Sutton

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    This book is a collection of my poetry over the years inspired by the life I have led working in the care setting and traveling all over the world. I hope you enjoy my work and may find it useful to use in the right settings, for instance “Those in Grief” has been used in funerals. My life has been rather colorful to say the least, and I have been in a few situations facing danger and adventure, bringing me to the present day. Now at sixty-three, I can reflect on this and laugh at the funny events and sigh with relief at actually surviving other situations. I consider each event as a blip in my life and nothing more. Yes, I do have nightmares from my worst experiences as a teenager, but I just thank God that I survived to tell the tale.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse UK
    Release dateNov 27, 2018
    ISBN9781728381398
    Out of the Jar: My Book of Poems
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    Stephen Robert Sutton

    Stephen Robert Sutton author and poet has written many books, some in his own name others under other names such as Sarah Ruth Scott and Simon Robert Sinclair. The reason for more than one name was to write from a more feminine perspective drawing from his working colleagues and good female friends. The other was to write in various subjects providing knowledge from past experiences and studies of people. Some stories have been altered and include his real name for credibility; Stephen is also an artist and photographer who likes to work on most of his own book covers. When he wrote cracked porcelain it was it was based on factual events on psychiatric wards and experiences of nurses both on the wards and in the community. It is Stephen hope that one day he will see his work on Netflix and other movie companies that will portray his work as it is in his books. Stephen is dyslexic and dyspraxic and self educated, he believes in self motivation and the encouragement of others to enable him to keep writing, to date he has written thirty books all published.

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      Out of the Jar - Stephen Robert Sutton

      © 2018 Stephen Robert Sutton. All rights reserved.

      No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.

      Published by AuthorHouse   11/26/2018

      ISBN: 978-1-7283-8140-4 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-7283-8139-8 (e)

      Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Getty Images are models,

      and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.

      Certain stock imagery © Getty Images.

      Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

      ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

      Thank you to all those who provided pictures or artwork in this book such as Jennifer Sutton (my daughter and mother of Ella), Ella Briggs (my grand daughter), Bethany Carter, Cher Thompson, Kari Cooper (Ulrichsen) and Sophie Humphreys for the sketch of the bottle and elderly couple. Thanks too for the help of Alexis G Taylor and others who show they care and support these poems.

      CONTENTS

      Life In A Jar

      Lifes First Breath

      Mother

      Progress Of A Fool

      Castles For Kings, Dungoens Of The Mind

      Devotion

      Who Cares

      Far Away Girl

      Waiting For You

      Those In Grief

      The Lost Poet

      My Friend The Bottle

      Cracked Porcelain

      Depression

      Hopeless Mess

      Being Old

      Facing Destiny

      Cursed

      Witches

      Eight Skulls Of Teversham

      Against The Wind

      Emily In Ecstasy

      Ghostly

      Sienna The Vampire

      Just Like Magic

      Gender Crises

      Scars

      Be Ruled By Me

      Betrayal

      Cadence

      False Hope

      Madam Mccaw

      Love On The Dole

      Then Came The Night

      Is This The Way I Should Feel?

      Jeremy’s Dream

      Know Your Worth

      The Observer

      The Observer -Part Two

      Take Care

      Last Caress

      Just Another Masquerade

      Diary Of A Teenage Drug Addict

      Lucid Lucy

      Absolutely Abstract

      My Loquacious Bird

      My Cadaverous Woman

      The Beguiler

      Tree

      Outside The Jar

      Following The King

      School Daze

      The Journey

      Calm Waters

      Shield My Love

      Prisoner

      Cracked Porcelain – Killer Queen

      About The Author

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      LIFE IN A

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