Philosophical Muse and Stuff 'n' Nonsense

Peter Oldham Stephen

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Stephen Peter Oldham is relatively new to the poetry scene. In his first book, he explores the issues facing 'Modern Man' through poetry, muse and stories in his original style of 'Real Fiction'. Stephen examines issues facing humanity at this time as diverse as the family unit, drug and alcohol abuse, mental health, creation and revelations of prophesy! In this unique book, there are many questions raised which may one day lead to the ultimate question. Who are we and just what is it that we are supposed to be doing here! Take your time and enjoy his rhymes or read more purposeful perhaps. Designed to entertain, Philosophical Muse will certainly make you ask questions!

Informations

• Publié par: Austin Macauley Publishers Ltd
• Date de parution: 30 octobre 2020
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781528961813
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 3 Mo

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Philosophical Muse and Stuff ‘N’ Nonsense
Stephen Peter Oldham
Austin Macauley Publishers
2020-10-30
Philosophical Muse and Stuff ‘N’ Nonsense About the Author Dedication Copyright Information © Acknowledgement Part I Introduction My Definitions The Origin of Time Muse Time and Gravity Muse Real Fiction A Birth Real Fiction Definition Real Fiction Style Creation Before the Beginning Creation Pre-Determination versus Randomness Creation Time Creation Fear Creation Signposts Creation Judgement Creation Nothing Creation Geometric Patterns Drugs and the Concept of Addiction Haircut Muse John Peel A Brian Eno Lecture Muse David Bowie Are You Disciplined? Muse Darwinism Muse Astrology Muse Yod Theme! Am I Mistaken? Muse The Watchmaker Muse Nine Muses from Greek Mythology Life A Performance Muse / Poem That Day in the Playground The Gorilla in My Arms A Performance Poem Butterflies Muse Hillbilly Flower Remedy A Performance Poem The Cleaner and the Spider Butterfly A Performance Poem Transactions Muse Consumerism A Performance Poem My Amigo Muse Money A Performance Poem Goldbricking Muse Poem Choice Muse The Fight Japanese Fighting Fish Muse Colin and Rosie Reality A Performance Poem Mental Health Drugs/ Is It a Dream? Muse Tanya Muse Alien Muse The Writer A Performance Poem He My Mum A Performance Poem Useful Muse Mantra Alchemy A Muse Alchemy A Performance Poem Howard and Mary Struggle A Chance Conversation with Annabel Illuminati Muse Illuminati Poem Doreen and Daphne Self-Actualise The Cleaner and the Spider Category A Performance Poem Molly and Max A Canine Partner A Miracle The Garden Muse The End A Performance Poem The Cleaner and the Taxi Driver Gollum A Performance Poem Aliens Muse Letter to Charlotte Total Recall T V Terrorism Muse Why Do I Hate 118 and 118? A Performance Poem The Real Dating Game Who Killed Bambi? Muse Illuminati Muse The Chest of Talents The Polar Bear and the Husky Muse My Dream Beginning to Feel Letter to the Editor The Big Issue Man Muse Revelation Black Arrow Muse Inspiration! Our Sinister Society Muse Asbestos The Age of Aquarius Muse Armageddon Muse The Family Unit Muse Happy Painkillers Muse Pain Revelations Candlesticks Terrestrial Channel Muse Revelations 144,000 The White Cat Reincarnation Muse Revelations The White Pebble Revelations 7 Angels Revelations Turkey Revelations The Dragon Heaven and Earth Muse Revelations The Second Coming Order of the System Bubble of Wishes Beginnings A Performance Poem A Final Word! 1914 A Conclusion Leno The Butterfly Contents Part II A Dream as Adonis A Performance Poem Al Koran Baby Barcelona A Performance Poem Batty Boy! Berrycroft Boredom at Booker Caterpillar Cochise Dan Wilkes Magna Carta David Bowie A Performance Poem Dreamszzz End of the Season Eight Four Five Free Fruit Gone Fishing A Performance Poem Harry Potter A Performance Poem Hero A Performance Poem Homeless I IF Images Inspiration! Je Ne Sais Quoi A Performance Poem Jeremy Kyle Poem John Wayne A Performance Poem Jokes! Light Limerick Ode Poem Love Requited Love Unrequited A Performance Poem Messy A Performance Poem Mowgli A Performance Poem Murder She Wrote! A Performance Poem Cabot Cove A Performance Poem My Diary Reminder My Dutch Day My Education at Cambridge A Performance Poem My Mate Match A Performance Poem Nine Normality A Performance Poem Northern Soul A Performance Poem Nothing Obama On My Own One Paint a Picture Philosophy Pop Power Raincoat Scratch Card Shoot for the Stars Skin Snail Spice Spirit Sunday Swimming The Birds A Performance Poem The Film Collection The Last Unicorn Dies Tonight! The Lesson The Question? The Reefer Man The Time Traveller’s Wife The Trap The Truth About Jehovah’s Witness Thought! Tommy Cooper Wandering What’s Happened to Football? A Performance Poem When Someone Dies The Butterfly
About the Author
Stephen was born in Liverpool and grew up in a small village called Rainhill, near St. Helens. He attended West Park Grammar School and moved on to graduate from the university of Aston with a BSc Hons in Managerial and Administrative Studies. This led him into a sales career, where he worked successfully for a brewery and several pharmaceutical companies. After completing his MBA at The Manchester Metropolitan University, he successfully moved into pharmaceutical management and later ran and owned a public limited company selling ECG equipment. Following an unhappy divorce and descent into depression, alcoholism and at times drug dependency, natural pathways have led him into becoming a writer, poet and storyteller. He lives in Cambridge, near his three children, where he often performs his work on stage in his unique and original style of ‘Real Fiction’.
Dedication
To Bill and Joan and Bill and Ted.
Copyright Information ©
Stephen Peter Oldham (2020)
The right of Stephen Peter Oldham to be identified as author of this work has been asserted by the author in accordance with section 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publishers.
Any person who commits any unauthorised act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages.
This is a poetry book, which is a product of the author’s imagination. It reflects the author’s recollections of experiences over time. Any resemblance to other works of poetry, quotes, slogans, to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.
A CIP catalogue record for this title is available from the British Library.
ISBN 9781528917193 (Paperback)
ISBN 9781528917209 (Hardback)
ISBN 9781528961813 (ePub e-book)
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Acknowledgement
Thank you to Lucy for the photographs.
Part I
Introduction
Look and see,
Upside down,
Brain controls me,
Therefore, I am two,
Me and brain,
Aim is to work rhythmically,
To create cooperation and unity,
To be happy,
To be free,
To be!
When you next awaken from a period of sleep, try to glimpse the world as your eyes see it in that moment of consciousness just before reality takes over and your brain converts the image to the right way up so that you can make sense of it. Life is what we make sense of: it is the energy source that we call upon to live our lives. The energy is always there, yet our lives move at varying speeds and create various rhythms. If we are having a good day, then our rhythm is good. If we are having a bad day, then our rhythm is drowned out some. It is in the rhythm of life that sets our emotion: our level of happiness. Modern diseases such as drug and alcohol addiction, mental illness and depression appear to accompany the material treasures to be purchased within society. Have we lost our way or are we simply looking at the wrong perspective? Is it all merely the wrong way around?
We refer to our emotion as mood and when we go to meet other people it affects us in some way. Have you ever heard someone say that he or she is not feeling themselves today? People have goals and ambition in life, yet we cannot do what we really would like to do a great deal of the time. Perhaps the biggest agenda is to find a mate, but along the path of true love lays the disease that is the monetary system which controls the mechanisms of society and limits artistic ambition and stifles creativity. It is at the root cause of our failure as Homo sapiens. We have simply failed to ‘Love’ each other. The material world is stifling ‘Spiritual Wealth’ and endangering our existence. The planet we live on really is at ‘Tipping Point’. Shall we continue to topple the coins down the machine hoping to edge the prize token over. We could escape with £10,000.00, but will we be able to spend it? For a few dollars more or even a fistful of dollars shall we remain good, bad and ugly? Will Clint get his gun out and save the world or have I simply been watching too much telly?
My name is Stephen. After I got thrown out of Heaven for bringing the dead back to life, I have wandered Earth as Homo sapiens. When I reached 50 years of age I received my message informing me that I am now allowed back into Heaven.
This was wondrous news to me as I am a Healer, a Spiritual man who can now unite Heaven with Earth. I have been writing this book and appearing on stage since I first received the good news and have finally completed it. As Mark Twain said, ‘The two most important days in your life are when you are born and when you find out why.’ I hope you enjoy reading my stories, poetry and muse and find some ‘Peace here and now on Earth’.
I am from the constellation of Ophiuchus. I am Sagittarian in nature as I was trained by a Centaur. I have a number of arrows to fire as I travel along my life path dreaming of that day when we no longer fear death and the Heaven is once again united through ‘Spirit’ with the Earth and ‘Peace’ will rain over us.
From the mass murderer to Little Red Riding Hood, I think it is safe to assume that the point of creation leads to more creation, that point dependent upon how you think. This is your ‘Life path’, your journey through life.
We try to walk in rhythm and we think! Thoughts come whether we like it or not. They come from outside of us and from within, from our external environment and our internal environment. We process thoughts and data in our brain and catalogue them into the appropriate areas. We use judgement in the process. We rely upon our moral code of right and wrong. To go beyond good and evil as Nietzsche did, can only lead to madness. We are highly evolved Homo sapiens, not ‘Superman’. We let out our thoughts through speech and behaviour adding to the consciousness of the wo