Just Pushing My Luck E-Book

Darren Hobson

• Herausgeber: BookRix
• Kategorie: Poesie und Drama
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2019

Beschreibung

This book is not just about poetry it is really a collection of short stories stitched together in a poetic format. The poet takes you on a journey where old wives tales and so called witchcraft are the main actors. Compiled and narrated in an original form that will bring hairs to the back of the neck or just reaching for the dictionary. Another original example of class from this upcoming indie poet.

Leseprobe

Darren Hobson

Just Pushing My Luck

This book is dedicated as always to my lucky charm Elisa. I also would like to dedicate this book to all the people who believe in freedom of speech, maybe pushing their luck with their ideas and art, nobody should die for what they say, nobody should die for a difference of an opinion.BookRix GmbH & Co. KG80331 Munich

Counting my lucky stars.

JUST PUSHING MY LUCK

eBook #5

We all have ridden our luck but like everything else a wave can’t last forever, just for a moment you are on a high and nothing else matters, but what goes up must come down, and being down is where you find most people, is this entertainment or is the torture? Do my words soothe or berate? In the misty world of literature does my contribution stand up to the real published poets and writers? Will my words fade away never to be seen again?

It has been five years since I first self-published an eBook and while things started slowly , I gained some momentum and rode my luck for a couple of years and now as I revisit these words I realise I can’t compete with what I have already done, I pushed my luck back then and now I see the world in a different light, I feel what I have done was little more than cheating, cutting corners because if I had any talent at all I wouldn’t be doing this over and over again.

So is there any room for my words? The only thing I know at this point is that I am not good at judging myself or my work, I have faith in what the reader says and it might not be always positive, I should be grateful I can join two words together and feel lucky that at least one person has read my work, maybe I am still pushing my luck after all these years.

Now let’s go back to 2015.

Darren Hobson Rome 04 April. 19

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A Very Quick Introduction.

Somehow we have all arrived in the same place and we call it the year 2015, in this modern world we live in full of technology, computer simulations, space stations and landing on Mars a lot of our daily lives are based on old age theories and presumptions.

Those old wives tales, those silly little sayings like don’t walk under a ladder, don’t open your crisps the wrong way up, if we had to obey all the superstitions in this world we would never go anywhere and never get anything done.

Just Pushing My Luck is a totally brand new eBook, the only thing in common with the other eBook, that is no longer available, is the first poem, which has been slightly modified. All the other poems were written in the first weeks of January 2015 with a common theme of superstition, luck and a whole lot more of those old wives tales.

The original poem is actually about writing and pushing the boundaries on what should be accepted in this confused world, as my ideas were coming together, tragedy struck in Paris, as everybody knows people lost their lives for “pushing their luck”, I see every side of the coin but murdering people who have offended you is not the correct way of sorting it out.

Free speech is a very delicate word, some people offend to sell their image and some are just simply having a laugh, trying to make a joke out of bad news, I remember programs like Spitting Image in England or Kenny Everett and even The Young Ones, all programs taking the piss out of everybody and anybody, lots of people wrote in to complain including a certain Mary Whitehouse, the solution to your problem is not murder or censorship, it is so simple…

Turn off your television and close the book

We fly the flag for freedom of speech

The world over, artists unite

Writing down our opinions

Thus pushing our luck!

1 Pushing My Luck.

Riding a wave

Like an internet surfer

Pointing out my view

Come on get closer

Speaking my mind

Not using tact

Getting into trouble

Not cleaning up my act

And I am pushing out the boat

And pushing my luck

I am screaming

You are dreaming

I am writing

So frightening

Thunder and lightning

Pushing my luck!

Got a problem

On your chest

Getting it off

Trying to be the best

Am I insulting?

No just truthful

Am I for real?

Read and see

Am I staying?

For eternity!

I am pushing on the pus

And pushing my luck

Don’t criticize

You will pay

The fascists

We will get in their way

The ignorant

Won’t and can’t read

I am laying down the line

And waiting to bleed!

I am screaming

Dreaming my dreams

I am shouting

I wrangling with writing

Fishing for something

Tasting freedom

Welcome new kingdom

Pushing out the boat

And pushing my luck.

You should not be scared to say the truth

You have the right to a point of view

Truthful be, pleasant you see

No one can trample on these words

Wrapped in thought and tied with proof

Pushing my luck by telling the truth.

And in this modern era

Free speech has never been clearer

United we stand

Against all atrocities

Sharpening our pencils

Liberté, égalité, fraternité

I will be still screaming

And you are dreaming

Of doing things my way

And I am still writing

Being frightening

Pushing my luck and not giving up!

(pulling)

Pulling away

From certain theories

Pulling at the bit

Drilled to be beaten

Force fitting

Turning around the turner

Memories from long ago

Pulling through

Now I am in the know