Title: Escape to Paradise and Other Poetic Fancies
Genre: Poetry
Pages: 148
Synopsis:
"ESCAPE TO PARADISE AND OTHER POETIC FANCIES" is a collection of 96 poems by John Howard Reid, including 21 translations from Spanish masters and a translation from the Greek of Jesus Ben Sirach's grandson. Of the 74 original poems, 30 won prizes and/or were first published under John Howard Reid's "Tom Howard" pseudonym. This includes the title poem. So as not to confuse matters any further, the whole collection has therefore been issued under his "Tom Howard" signature.
"Escape to Paradise" is one of Reid's favorite compositions. Written when he was only 18 years old, the poem was entered in an unrestricted Contest, and won a prize. Not a First Prize, but Fourth! So Reid then wrote another poem, "This Scene", and it too was judged prize-worthy and published, this time in a prestigious British magazine. A poetic career was launched!
There have been years since when the author wrote very few poems, but he has always returned to his first love.
Why "Tom Howard"? The author was drafted into the army when was 18, so it therefore became necessary to use a pseudonym -- although in point of fact "Thomas Howard" is John Reid's middle name.
