Pills for the First Day (Pills for the Ward)

Lansdown, John A B

ISBN 10: 1096641828 / ISBN 13: 9781096641827

Published by Independently published, 2019

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118 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.28 inches. In Stock.

Seller Inventory # zk1096641828

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Pills for the First Day (Pills for the Ward)
• Publisher: Independently published
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1096641828
• ISBN 13: 9781096641827
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New

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Synopsis

Pills for the First Day is the third book in a series to form a compilation called Sweet Pills for the Hospital Ward. A defining feature of this anthology is restless verse primed to divert sluggish thoughts away from pending medical appointments to refocus on the fabric of society. To express their devotion to public concerns, various office holders have endorsed their images for public appraisal. Illustrated plays are punctuated with friendly images of politicians and other despots always eager respond to anxiety from the public. This philanthropic gesture will no doubt be appreciated by convalescing readers.Hospital inmates may discover solace in helping these public celebrities. Resolving the illness in society from brexit deliberation to taxation can be a cathartic process simultaneously recovering both the patient and society. Convalescing patients are deterred from speculating on medical procedures by drawing their attention to the antics of our leaders. In particular, the play Right Honourable Middleman revolves around the intrigue of party politics.Consistent with the rest of the author’s hospital series, plays, poems and fables are richly enhanced with illustrations ranging from philanthropic politicians to ethical scientists conducting experiments on people. Though intended for a patient destined for a long spell, the verses may be enjoyed by anyone seeking asylum from dominant ideology.Also in the hospital series:Book One - Pills for the First ConsultationBook Two - Pills for the First NightBook Three - Pills for the First DayBook Four - Pills for Visiting HoursBook Five - Pills for the Homeward BoundDue to popular demand, the series is compiled into one book; Sweet Pills for the Hospital WardWhat others have said about this book:‘Full of disturbing doggerel and paintings... enough to drive one to drink.’ - Arnold from the end stool in the ‘Cat and Wheel’‘It’s full of self-indulgent twaddle that upsets the clients, I mean patients. It’s an outrage. If I catch any copies of this book in the hospital we will bring a claim.’ – Anonymous, contractual administrator at Bristol Royal Infirmary.‘This Lansdown fellow assured me a congenial read. After contemplating a pleasant poem, I turn a page and up pops some dreadful angst ridden saga. Plays should be about nice things like beer and steam engines, not politicians.’- Chris the postman.‘This author glorifies blandness itself... the poems are even worse.’ – Ex-girlfriend of the author.‘Such harmful plays highlight the urgency of our current campaign for the compulsory implementation of microchips into the cerebral cortex of the populace. Those predisposed to write banal nonsense can be reprogrammed to find their muse while picking potatoes in a field’ - Maureen, senior social worker and free-lance clairvoyant.

About the Author

Formative years in the scenic Lakelands of North West England moulded John A B Lansdown into an outside landscape painter. Making violins at the prestigious Newark School in Nottinghamshire garnered a discipline that rubbed off onto his fine art. Watercolours, sketches and oil paintings interweave his poems and plays.Selling paintings internationally, he exhibits in Bulgaria, Austria, France and England. His prime displacement activity is playing a hand-made cigar box guitar accompanied by a voice allegedly resembling a tormented alley cat.