This is a collection of poetry by myself Philip Parry, reaching back through my youth to the present day. Each poem is it's own entity and all where written depending on my thoughts and feelings at the time. There is no 'pattern' or 'link' to any or all of the individual poems.
I was born in Harwarden Grove, Seaforth, Liverpool in 1966. I lived there until I was 8yrs old. At that time my parents decided to emigrate, and took me and my 2 brothers and 2 sisters to start a new life in New Zealand. We lasted only 3 months as the feeling of 'homesickness' set in and simply took over. On returning I had a brief spell living in Bootle Merseyside with my very 'streetwise' uncle. The family was split at that time, some in Bootle, some in Skelmersdale, living with an Aunt. After picking up some 'tips' from my uncle and his friends 'Oddjob' and 'Tinker', we eventually all moved to a house in the then newtown of Skelmersdale. This is where I still live.