Kenneth Verity – Shepheard-Walwyn Publishers https://shepheardwalwyn.com Independent Publisher Book Seller UK Thu, 12 Feb 2026 04:24:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Sonnets https://shepheardwalwyn.com/product/sonnets/ Wed, 05 Apr 2023 06:13:20 +0000 https://development.shepheardwalwyn.com/?post_type=product&p=3565 “A silver lantern in the heavens is hung, The crescent bow set high above the trees; Its arching radiance into space is sung And by its gentle light the lover sees. Bright stars the luminescent heav’ns adorn, The moonlit dew lies glistening on the grass; So fleeting hours of night that speed t’ward dawn Are touched withlustrous beauty as they pass.” Extract from a Sonnet The sonnet…

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]]> On the Nature of Poetry https://shepheardwalwyn.com/product/on-the-nature-of-poetry/ Wed, 25 Jan 2023 08:03:52 +0000 https://development.shepheardwalwyn.com/product/on-the-nature-of-poetry/ Chosen for June 2009 PEOPLE’S BOOK PRIZE COLLECTION for Non-Fiction. The author writes: ‘The intention of this book is to examine and analyse the essential nature of the phenomenon we call poetry; to seek an understanding of the power this art form exerts over mind and heart; to comprehend its potency; and to explain its perennial ability to command the respect of mankind’. Almost a library in…

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