I’ve been meaning to record and post this poem for awhile now. It hasn’t appeared on my blog, though I expect to include it when I release my own Ghosts collection, possibly in 2022.
This poem is not the chronicle of a true event, although each of its component parts or elements are as real as life (and love) itself.
I hope you enjoy, if you choose to listen, but . . . I don’t want to give away the conclusion, but a tissue nearby may be helpful.
For anyone interested in purchase of the anthology, the Kindle link is here. I believe the paperback edition is also now available.
Frank Prem Poetry 
Congratulations, Frank. I look forward to your reading.
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I’ve been meaning to get it done for ages, Robbie. Glad I got there today.
I recorded another piece – a sci fi effort – but not happy with my reading, so will do it again.
Hope you enjoy this one, in any case. A bit grim.
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Um! Try a box of tissues at least for me. Dramatic word pictures Your reading it obviously makes it more so
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Glad you enjoyed, Claire (not the right word, I know).
Thank you.
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Excellent reading of your compelling poem. And congratulations on the publication!
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Thank you, Liz.
The Rainforest anthologies are a testament to the great potency and benefit of belonging to a writer gang, I think. The 3 published (one in the works) are all intended to provide experience of writing, editing, compiling and, of course, getting work into distribution.
The Retreat has been a definitive developmental experience for me.
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You’re welcome, Frank. Learning from and with others is one of life’s greatest pleasures.
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Frank, wow! You are a natural at reading aloud and I was hooked! Heart-wrenching and emotional narrative poem – quite unusual and works so well. Congratulations on the release of the anthology this month!
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Hi Annika. Thank you. I very much enjoy reading to audience, and I’m glad that comes through on the recordings.
All the story elements are true, sadly, though not of any one couple. It’s easy enough to tell when everything is real.
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Really drew me in.
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Thank you, Janet. Glad you enjoyed.
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