Kenneth Wilson performs as The Poetical Cellist. He writes poetry that gets to the heart of our human nature, inspiring us to join him on an exploration of life’s loves and endings. The Definitions of Kitchen Verbs features in his solo touring show of the same name, in which poetry and music aid and abet each other, and add up to an unforgettable experience.
Kenneth Wilson lives in rural Cumbria, in the North of England, where he plants trees and tries to walk lightly on the earth. In times past he has been a property developer, and a Vicar in the Church of England. He also founded and ran Soul of India Tours Ltd., and has led many spiritual-interest tours to India, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Tibet.
His book, Orange Dust: Journeys After the Buddha, was described by His Holiness the Dalai Lama as “inspirational and uplifting.”
He will usually respond to friendly emails addressed to [email protected]
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Contents
Part I
Hopes
Invitation to a lover 14
I built a house 15
In the beginning there was love 16
Aisling 17
Girls in a boat 18
Where pagan kings are crowned 19
Halfway up the hill 20
The lark king 21
Week thirty-eight 22
Happily Ever After
Happily ever after 26
Remembered beauty 28
On the naming of children 29
The greenwood 30
The rain 31
Princess mine 32
Doubts
Were we again so free 36
Wounds 37
Those promises 38
Gravity 39
Mandalay 40
Violence
Sir Edward and his Lady 44
The wind and the rain 45
The definitions of kitchen verbs 46
Silver mirror 48
Part II
Adultery
Come lie with me 54
Our earth-lined faces 55
A married woman fell in love with me 56
I have taken me a lover 58
A man must have a secret 59
A glorious crown 60
Isolation
Between your field and mine 64
Your foreign correspondent,
or, Lost in translation 66
Raven in a snowy sky 67
The proper way to hell 68
In a different universe 69
Love’s absence 70
The Refugees
(We miss the smell of almond trees) 71
Into the void 72
Regret
Regret 76
Hercules 77
My Grandma 78
The bed is gone 79
Beside the lake 80
The sacred mound 81
Arnold’s oak 82
Lizards to their rocks 84
Goodbye, my dear 85
Ringless 86
Ending and remembering
Hats 90
The guns 91
Lying warm 92
My enemy 93
Towards the end 94
Forever 96
He was a good man, mostly 97
Cheating, some said 98
I must say goodbye 100
Remember 102
Sobre el autor
Kenneth Wilson performs as The Poetical Cellist. He writes poetry that gets to the heart of our human nature, inspiring us to join him on an exploration of life’s loves and endings. The Definitions of Kitchen Verbs features in his solo touring show of the same name, in which poetry and music aid and abet each other, and add up to an unforgettable experience.
Kenneth Wilson lives in rural Cumbria, in the North of England, where he plants trees and tries to walk lightly on the earth. In times past he has been a property developer, and a Vicar in the Church of England. He also founded and ran Soul of India Tours Ltd., and has led many spiritual-interest tours to India, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Tibet.
His book, Orange Dust: Journeys After the Buddha, was described by His Holiness the Dalai Lama as ‘inspirational and uplifting.’
He will usually respond to friendly emails addressed to [email protected]
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