Godfrey Rust
Welcome to The Real World
Poems and performance pieces 1980-2000
ISBN 0-9520212-1-8, £7.50 net in UK.
Published November 2000.
Breaking
the Chains
was one of the best-selling books of poetry in the UK in the 1990s.
Now
it is back in print along with 120 pages of new pieces in Welcome
To The Real World, the complete collection of Godfrey Rust’s poignant,
funny and disarming poems.
From
the Big Bang (or was it more of a whump?) to the final reconciliation of
all odd socks, this book contains a world where confused Magi wander on the
London Underground, and where there is one over-riding reality: that Love has no
sell-by date (whatever Pontius Pilate’s press office might say).
Includes an index of themes for pieces suitable for public performance at Christmas, Easter and other events.
contact author godfrey@wordsout.co.uk
Read some of the pieces from Welcome to the Real World… (opens up in new window)
Welcome to the real world
Love is…
Come on in, the sofa’s lovely
An uncertain poem for a certain age.
Mischief
Adam
Joseph and the shepherds
Ever thought you’d really blown it?
Communiqué
A word from Pontius Pilate’s spin doctor.
Mary
Where were you on Easter Sunday morning?
Paul’s First Fax to the
Thessalonians
How did Jesus manage without a PA system?
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What
was said
about Breaking The Chains...
“An absolute treat…first class…an enthralling read.”
Christian Bookstore Journal read review
"With this fine book Britain clearly has another wordsmith to put alongside the Steve Turners and Stuart Hendersons…If you buy no other book of poetry this year, search out Breaking the Chains.”
Cross Rhythms read review
"Gold dust...pulsates with reality with the chuckle never far away. I use this poetry with audiences again and again. Unfailingly, I am asked for the source.”
Helen Cooke, President, Christian Viewpoint
"Crisp,
gutsy, funny, performable, real, true and ... BRILLIANT!”
Lance
Pierson, the 70-minute Bible
"Masterpieces…each
time I read one a fresh insight comes. Poetry for the people, my favourite
living poet bar none."
John Pantry, Premier Radio
"I’ve
shared a concert stage for eighteen years with this man. You'd think after all
this time he would have got the hang of writing great poetry. He has."
Geoff
Shattock
"Poetry to stretch the imagination. Prise open the mind. Roll away the stone. Break the chains.”
Simon Jenkins, Captain, Ship of Fools