{"product_id":"9781788085106","title":"Crazy World","description":"Crazy World is a stunning collection of 254 original poems by the Yorkshire poet and writer. Kelvin Rush covers a wide range of topics to engage the mind and stretch the imagination. Crazy World includes all the poems from Kelvin's two books of poetry: The Slow Destruction Of Life and The Slow Destruction Of Man. It also includes sixty nine new poems never published before. Kelvin covers issues like Politics, Fear, Love, Death, Loss, Physical Abuse, Mental illness and much more. The book also has a collection of witty and funny poems.\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExtracts From Crazy World\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThere's More To Me\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere's more to me than a pretty face\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI'm bound and gagged in a scary place\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere's more to me than a little white lie\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere's more to me than meets the eye\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere's more to me than a sickly joke\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI'm lost and weak unable to cope\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere's more to me than a blood stained tie\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere's more to me than meets the eye\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere's more to me than a listening ear\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI'm cold heartbroken stay well clear\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere's more to me than the Fourth of July\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere's more to me than meets the eye\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere's more to me than a loving son\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI'm battered and bruised I live by the gun\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere's more to me than a moonlit sky\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere's more to me than meets the eye\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere's more to me than a dapper white suit\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInside I'm drowning destitute\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere's more to me than homemade pie\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere's more to me than meets the eye\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere's more to me than a nervous grin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI'm caught in a trap riddled with sin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere's more to me than a desperate cry\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere's more to me than meets the eye\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere's more to me than any word spoken\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI'm starved of love internally broken\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere's more to me than I care to deny\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere's more to me than meets the eye\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShould we ever meet my friend\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRemember this poem and don't condescend\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere's more to me than live and die\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere's more to me than meets the eye\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMy Own Little Space\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI rent a place where I can hide\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith pen and paper by my side\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome place where I can be alone\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy own little space to call my own\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI rent a place in these horrid times\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eImmune from all the violent crimes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome place where I can hide away\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy own little space for me to play\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI rent a place far away from here\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhere no one dare to interfere\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome place where I can be myself\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy own little space for inner health\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI rent a place to be at peace\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo allow the endless noise to cease\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome place where I can rest my head\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy own little space to drop down dead\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Gift For Life\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI spent all day with my Grandad Jim\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe talked a lot he was frail and thin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo days later he passed away\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI'll never forget what he told me that day\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJim was radiant a beacon of light\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeaceful and blissful he glowed in the night\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe knew he was dying but he didn't care\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI could see in his eyes he had so much to share\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe gave me an insight a gift for life\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeath is an angel a beautiful wife\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLive each day with gratitude and kind\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd never be controlled by fear or mind\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWalk on this earth with no purpose or need\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNever get attached to anger or greed\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLife is a journey not a race to be won\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDon't be so serious life should be fun\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOnly speak out when it's from the heart\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJealousy and torment will tear you apart\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNever waste time trying to impress\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou are already whole eternal and blessed\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI'll never forget those words from Jim\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey stay with me always through thick and thin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy dear old Grandad in spirit 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