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More Than Just

Memories

Tony Ward

KEY SELLING POINTS

A modern, ‘easy on the mind’ poetry collection written by the author of Unravelling Sussex.
Well-researched biographical poems of famous people with a connection to Sussex, bringing them to life.
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duringthepandemicandroyaltiesfromthisbook willgototheAlzheimer’sSociety.

Rites of passage, troubled voices, love and loss, nature, heroes, war, environmental crises. Tony
Ward’s poems invite us to relive the experiences, triumphs, and tragedies that waymark our lives
and that of our planet.

This is a collection of two halves. Thirty-one of the poems have been previously published in various forms,
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Among other sources, Tony has drawn upon his popular Poetry+ series for the lifestyle magazine Sussex Life.
Then, following his wife’s diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease, Tony began writing words of comfort during the
pandemic lockdowns for the Alzheimer’s Society social media.

Informative, entertaining, thought provoking, humorous, verse traditional and freestyle, and above all easily
understood.Thisisacollectiontobesavoured.Youmayevenrecogniseyourselfreflectedattimes.

If you find some modern poetry hard going, then this is the book for you. Like the much-loved long-running
“Classics for Pleasure” record label, this is “Poetry for Pleasure”, a collection to dip into whatever your mood.
Goforit!

Published regularly in his youth, Tony Ward resumed poetry writing in retirement. For several years he
contributed a Poetry+ feature for Sussex Life, leading to his book Unravelling Sussex. During the pandemic,
following winning a National Memory Day Poetry Prize, he also contributed poetry-based articles for the
Alzheimer’s Society Blog. He is based in East Sussex.

Publication Date: 28th October 2024 £9.99 ISBN: 9781805145493
Thema subject category: DCF – Poetry by individual poets
paperback 198 x 129 mm 136 pp Portrait Author location: Sussex

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