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Starlight Afore the Dew: My Anthology/Chronicle of Rhyme
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ISBN10: 1918424373
ISBN13: 9781918424379
Publisher: Ray Wills
Published: Feb 9 2026
Pages: 226
Weight: 0.68
Height: 0.48 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781918424379
Publisher: Ray Wills
Published: Feb 9 2026
Pages: 226
Weight: 0.68
Height: 0.48 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
STARLIGHT AFORE THE DEW is a bumper collection of the finest of contemporary poems composed by Poet and writer Ray Wills (known affectionately as The Gypsy Poet).Ray is a poet, writer and social historian. He has been a member of numerous poetry groups as well as being an authority on the history of the Gypsy community, and is at present a member of Kushti Bok, the Gypsy Roma Traveller welfare organisation.
In this large collection of Ray's verse are old favourites as well as new compositions. There are the familiar poems of the Romany Travellers as well as those of Countryside rambles, village life, and people. Here you will discover the influences of Hardy, Barnes, Stevenson, and Whitman. There is romantic verse amongst wit, humour, and futuristic fantasies, along with more serious concerns.Ray lives within a community of artists, writers, and musicians in the village of Bere Regis in Dorset, where he continues to give talks on local history and poetry readings throughout Dorset. He regularly contributes articles for both the Traveller Times and Play and Playground magazines.
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