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Details of Geoffrey's Publications
'The Morning Light of Dusk' - Feather Books 2004.
ISBN 978-1-84175-199-5 £375 inc p&p
'Turns Along The Garden Path' - Poetry Monthly Press 2007
ISBN 978-1-905126-97-2 £5.00 inc p&p
'Letting The Road-Dust Settle' - Indigo Dreams Publishing 2009
ISBN 978-1-907401-05-3 £8.95 inc p&p
Review:- 'The Morning Light of Dusk' drew together off-beat poems deliberating on a relationship with a First Cause that gave... clear indication of that spiritual journey common to us all (Quantum Leap) in .... a well produced and thought provoking collection (Littoral) In 'Turns Along The Garden Path' the journey continued with poems of a more pagen flavour focussing on relationships - person with person, and person with the natural world which, by tunrs both positivce and negative, influence the human spirit. They revealed .... a writer honing a distinctive style... (Envoi) using.... many heart-felt lines....(Poetry Cornwall.) Journeys feature again in 'Letting The Road-Dust Settle' - some revisit aspects of his professional career while others traverse the diverse paths of fact, fiction and fantasy. Frequently, as a poet, Geoffrey utilises modes of travel to develop his themes, whether thse are to celebrate some sublime awareness or to express deep despair about man's inhumanity to man and, sometimes, to display his infectious, wry sense of humour. On the other hand, roads (and journeys made by road) have been his professional focus. From planning them to surveying, improving, maintaining, designing and supervising the building of them and assessing their consequent impact on the environment, roads have been a feature of his life's work. In his intransient life they are as importasnt as essential links between the urban and rural as he has a significant affinity to both. In publishing this volume in his fiftieth year as a 'highwayman' he at last permits himself an opportunity to relfect on his career. Laying down his hard hat, it is as the poet that he chooses to reflect, although the engineer is never very far away. Whilst safety has always been paramount in his job, creativity and innovation have always been with him, in designing and developing road systemsalthough, as he says, "risk taking in desinging highways has never been an option!" Nevertheless, in his vioew, with the written word, innovation and risk0taking can go hand-in-hand in terms of form, language and content. The engineer and the poet sit comfortably together. (Dawn Bauling, Indigo Dreams Publishing)
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