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Poems to Enjoy Book 2

By: Verner Bickley
Narrated by: Verner Bickley, Gillian Bickley
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Summary

Poems to Enjoy Book 2 is read by a husband and wife couple, experienced educationists and readers with a life-long love for literature and performance. In tandem with his professional career in different countries as educationist and cultural diplomat, Dr. Verner Bickley, MBE, PhD, MA(London), BA(Hons), DipEd (Cardiff), LRAM, LGSM, FIL, FRSA, has played major theatrical roles, acted in films starring Jackie Chan, Leon Lai, and Jet Li, regularly appeared in radio and TV series, done BBC continuity and documentary voice-overs. He has traveled frequently to judge public-speaking competitions and for many years, regularly adjudicated verse- and prose-speaking and reading, as well as drama and choral speaking. He is Chairman Emeritus of the English-Speaking Union (HK). Dr. Gillian Bickley, PhD (Leeds), M.Litt, BA (Hons), CertEd (Brist), FRSA, has had a career mainly as an academic, with university positions in different countries, teaching literature in English. She is a published poet and writer, regularly sharing her work with the public, and has considerable experience in adjudicating and examining oral performance. Together, Gillian and Verner are co-founders of the International Proverse Prizes for unpublished writing submitted in English. Some of the eclectic poems to enjoy, chosen by Verner Bickley, are world famous. 

The very young can thoroughly enjoy Poems to Enjoy Book 2. Adults can renew and extend their own youthful enjoyment, finding long-familiar and also new poems. Younger and older can enjoy sharing these poems together, in ways suggested by their grouping as Poems to Speak, Pictures in Poetry, and A Tale Is Told. Also useful as school and home-schooling teaching materials, particularly when paired with other editions of this book.

©2013 Verner Bickley (P)2013 Proverse Hong Kong

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