Joanie West Boeken

Simple Southend Sonnets and Some is a back seat view of life put to rhyme in an off the wall way. Or if one is "posh" anthology of modern observations, simply life.Lighthearted, Humorous, Ironic. And Dark.(some of personal experience).Sharing an insight into characters and individuals, capturing a Slice of life in a popular seaside town. Inspiration, that comes from residing around the Thames Estuary, especially Southend -On Sea. About those varied souls, who come and go on the tide. Written in a way that is original, straightforward, and at times "thought provoking"! Also a comical aspect is thrown into the mix. And as they say in old "SAHFEND" You have only got one Life, Live

In the English countryside and beyond from the 1600s to the 1800s, when travel was hazardous due to lack of good roadways, no one rode alone for fear of being robbed by a highwayman. Highwaymen scoured the countryside, waylaying carriages, on their trusty means of transport, the horse. These individuals were known to be socially superior to those who robbed on foot, called Footpads. Highwaymen, to some, were romantically know as Gentlemen of the Road, or Knights of the Road.