Toa Pukapuka

THE OMNIBUS

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Explore the beauty of words and emotions with

Shane C Richards - The Poet.

Immerse yourself in a world of creativity and expression. Let poetry touch your soul and inspire your heart. Join him on a journey through verses and stanzas, where every line tells a story every word carries meaning. Experience the power of language through the eyes of a passionate poet.

 

A poetic memoir across five decades The Omnibus opens a window onto five decades of the author’s innermost thoughts and lived experience. Bringing together three previously published works—The Arrangement of a Poetic Memoir, Infinite Destinies, and 1976—this collection invites readers into the literary journal of one man’s life.

 

A journey through darkness, laughter, and identity. The poems guide the reader from the darkness of mental health struggles to the lightness of laughter, through the pain of not knowing who you are or why you are here at all. Like a teardrop rolling from eye to lip upon a blushing cheek, the taste remains the same, no matter which emotion brought it forth. That salt carries the imprint of a veteran seafarer’s soul.

Richards has sailed the oceans of human emotion and beyond, shaping those experiences into the words contained within these pages. The Omnibus gathers a trilogy of colliding worlds into one unforgettable journey.

 

There are three sorts of people

Those who are alive

Those who are dead

And those who are at sea.

 

— Aristotle