Poetry

Text Box:         THOUGHTS   AND   MEMORIES

This book of 47 poems is a distillation of thoughts and memories from a lifetime of building a family, watching and listening to politicians in peace and war, man’s bullying and deception, kindness, thoughtfulness, confidence and insecurity: it presents a ragbag of poems, a chaotic mixture of science, philosophy, politics and religion, as well as memories of good times gone by.

Reflections of a retired Scottish university professor who during his career in academic and industrial science and biotechnology, travelled frequently around the world on business and pleasure.



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Text Box: Poetry

Text Box: ISBN:1-4116-4844-7

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Text Box: THOUGHTS

Recollections

Address Book
Forgotten Friend
Memories
Regrets
Retirement
When a Child Dies

Tyranny

Robben Island
Freedom
Sedition
Empire

Politics

Ambition
Logical Thinking

Science

Evolution
Genes
Reconciliation
Neanderthal Man
Skeleton Unearthed

Text Box: Mankind

Canopy of Life
A Chip on the Shoulder
Man with the Fat Cigar
War
Man on the Moon
Dinner Address
The AGM

Philosophy

Boethius
Forgetfulness
Knowledge
Inhibition
Dreaming
Silent Man

Modern Life

March of Time
Posterity
Seasons of my Mind
Chat
Tomorrow
Dog in a Handbag
Town Backpackers
Safari

Text Box: MEMORIES

Leisure

Touching
TV Show
Dad
Teatime
Sophie
Wee Small Hours
Childhood Home
Christmas

Travel

Around the World
Bananas