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★★★★★ Kevin Cowdall's writing is hypnotizing.

Kevin Cowdall was born in Liverpool, England, where he still lives and works. In all, over 300 poems have been published in journals, magazines, and anthologies, and on web sites, in the UK and Ireland, across Europe, Australia, Indonesia, Hong Kong, India, Canada, and the USA, and broadcast on BBC Radio.

His 2016 retrospective collection, Assorted Bric-a-brac, brought together the best from three previous collections (The Reflective Image, Monochrome Leaves, and A Walk in the Park) with a selection of newer poems).
★★★★★ Like finding a perfect shell on the beach – unexpected and beautiful.

His 2019 collection, Natural Inclinations, features fifty poems with a common theme of the natural world.
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★★★★★ Kevin Cowdall has created a fascinating character with some incredible tales to tell.

'The Ghost in the Room' and 'The Ghost in the Shadows' available in e-book, paperback, and hardback on all Amazon platforms, and from Waterstones, Foyles, and other leading bookshops.

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“A single three-bladed fan turned slowly in the centre of the ceiling, barely disturbing the scorching air which filled the small prefabricated hut like an oven...”
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“Life is a series of infinite ripples.”
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“Poetry is the art of making others see what you have written.”
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“Why do writers write? Because it isn't there.”
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“To see a World in a Grain of Sand
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower,
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
And Eternity in an hour.”
― William Blake, Auguries of Innocence

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