Roads to Nowhere

About the Book

It's a sad fact that poetry is a turn-off for many people today, and that many modern poems range from the incomprehensible to the bland to the sloppy. This collection of 44 poems covers a range of topics, includes the serious and light-hearted, and aims to be accessible to the student of poetry, as well as the occasional reader. Six short stories, all involving everyday relationships, supplement the poems

About the Author

Les Padfield has worked in London for many years as a teacher of Physical Education, English and other subjects. Other strings to his bow include running a language school, a teaching agency, working as a scout for a Premiership football club, and writing and producing drama at a local Anglican church, where he is an occasional speaker. A trustee of The Coombe Trust, a charity which helps underprivileged children, he has also walked the Inca Trail in Peru for Action Aid, another organisation helping third world families. A very amateur piano and guitar player, his ambition is to be taken seriously on the mouth-organ before completely losing his teeth