A few weeks ago I released my new book, Very Sad Poetry.  Thank-you to everyone who as purchased a copy, for a few days I was giving William Wordsworth a run for his money on the Amazon ranking charts and ahead of such luminaries as Milton and Rumi.

Now things have settled back to normal I expect and William Wordsworth is no doubt breathing a big sigh of relief that he has seen off another pretender to his throne of poet extraordinaire.   Still, I thought I would share two more poems here plus another one which is in my book promo video below.  I hope that you like them!

Fears by Stephen Liddell

If eyes are like the window on a soul

Then what are tears?

A tortured tap on overflow

The manifestation of all my fears

I’m a big believer of creating book promo videos.  For myself, I enjoy making them but on a professional level I think promo videos helps bring books to people who might not be otherwise aware of it and you can share them on various sites.

For this promo I used a free-to-use rain video with various sound tracks on iMovie along with some footage I took myself from behind the waterfall at Ashgill, not knowing then it kind of suited the video.

Absence by Stephen Liddell

The sun is shining I see no light

The birds are singing I hear no sound

People laugh  I sense no joy

The fire burns I can’t feel warmth

I am alone.

Very Sad Poetry is available from the UK in Kindle format from Amazon here and paperback format here.      American Amazon readers can find the book in Kindle format here and in paperback format here and it is available worldwide on Amazon and other retailers.  As well as being available through Barnes & Noble, Kobo and Nook, you can also get in on the action on your favourite Apple product but purchasing the book on iBooks by clicking below!