Somewhere in the deep wooded Sherwood Forest lies a school – in it the young students have to compete to reveal life long secrets that are too powerful for them to learn. But learn them they do.
What happens when that time arrives and the vengeful head mistress Mrs Blackfruit and her sidekick the deputy head Mr Thornby decide to step in using their own version of punishment on the 5 students who band to together to form the Pentagon Pirate Gang.
Listen how the story unfolds here…
Want to learn about the Secrets of the Orchard? Start your poetic journey here…
The first book in the highly rated* Mid-grade/Young Adult, fantasy, mystery adventure is available online (Amazon, Barnes & Noble, World of Books) and in book shops (Foyles and Waterstones)where a thrilling read awaits you in ; Pentagon Pirate Gang; The Secrets of the Orchard. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Pentagon-Pirate-Gang-Secret-Orchard/dp/1800942745/
* https://bookviralreviews.com/book-reviews/childrens-mysteries/
* https://literarytitan.com/2022/11/02/pentagon-pirate-gang/
Here below is a poetic insight into the story and the characters; a sneak glimpse into the fantasy world of the School of Fruit Teaching (S.O.F.T.) set in the deep wooded Sherwood Forest, where mystical mystery and skulduggery abound…
The Rise of the Five (part 1)
In the place where once Robin Hood stood alive
A school hidden deep in the wood began to contrive
A story rich in fruit, taste and flavour
The odd rotten apple, can cause some very bad behaviour
In the summer camp, at the Fruit of School Teaching
The headmistress held private talks and secret meetings
To hide the truth from the students that sought;
To oust what was being hidden, and could not be bought
For Amie, Gramon, Semia, Violer and Oro
This school would mean more that they would ever know
Fighting to learn the truth that will make them change
The challenge, belief and trust, it would make them deranged
With help from Mr Tumbleweed and Mrs Peaches
They fight back against the vengeful leeches
Of Mrs Blackfruit and her deputy Mr Thornby
Who lock Oro up with only himself for company
Yet, with their new found fruit enhanced senses
They conjure a plan to break down the defences
To rescue Oro from the hidden dark hole
It is a daring scheme ‘brave, cunning and bold’….
Find out what happens next – in the next poetic update from the first in the Pentagon Pirate Gang series. (Or if you cannot wait – get yourself a copy online or order in the shops and leave a review!)
thanks J W Nelson
Many thanks to Shonda and Jim for asking me to do my first ever Pod Cast interview – I must admit I was nervous and just hope id dint make a fool of myself!! – I hope listeners will lessen to it and find out more about my writing and poetry which I love doing. I enjoyed my time (although still nervy about doing this!) just hope it came across well enough – and may do another!…
Listen here…I’m listening to The Old Man’s Podcast | TOM’s ”Author Highlights” – JW Nelson on Podbean, check it out!
https://www.podbean.com/ei/pb-kz38m-13e591e
My work started with Company of Fools – an adult romcom drama about one man’s goal/target to obtain, a wife a family and a good job. Sounds simple enough? Yet for Justin Whalley it is anything but. Read his hilarious, rollercoaster ride of disaster, humour and misery as he ploughs his way through a tough year at his company trying to achieve my his sales and personal targets
Available on Amazon as an e-book or paperback in 14 countries https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08GFS1W18/
My next book is written for the Young Adult range – The Pentagon Pirate Gang – the Secret of the Orchard – a book that is a thrilling mystery adventure called ; ‘A dynamic, dangerous, page turning epic’ (Authors glow) – or “with memorable characters, an engaging plotline, and unsolved mysteries that challenge the reader to think outside the box” (Literary Titan) – more 5 star reviews on Amazon
This book is available in shops (Foyles; Waterstones; Plus on line at Amazon (US/UK + 12 other countries ), World of Books, Barnes & Noble – The second in the series on its way soon…
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Pentagon-Pirate-Gang-Secret-Orchard/dp/1800942745/
I also have a Poetry e-book called – Poems for the Festive Season – a short 25 poem books for the holiday (Christmas Season) – one poem per day – from December 1st to 25th to get you into the holiday mood
A young Adult book is due out soon…Pentagon Pirate Gang: The Secret of the Orchard..
The secret is still waiting to be revealed (re-launch August 9th – on Amazon and shortly after in bookshops)
In the middle of Sherwood Forest, in Nottinghamshire there is a school. The School of Fruit Teaching (S.O.F.T.). 5 young students aged 8-15 embark on a mammoth investigation at the schools summer camp. The secret and many more have been kept from everyone except the people hiding it – The headmistress Mrs Blackfruit and her deputy and right man Mr Thornby.
As the investigation unfolds the newly formed Pentagon Pirate Gang learn that a 50 year old occurrence seems to have returned once more to cast further danger upon them and the other unsuspecting summer school students, and the parents of the five students that have taken up the mantle to put themselves in a zone of danger, mystery and adventure, that is just beginning…
More information on the release of Pentagon Pirate Gang: The Secret of the Orchard will be available soon. (available in book stores and online at Amazon)
Other books by J W Nelson – E-book – Poems for the Festive Season (Amazon only – all ages) and Company of Fools – (available as an E-book and Paperback – on Amazon – adult comedy drama/romcom).
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On a random sunny afternoon, sometimes thoughts, ideas, musings from the past, present and future merge as you look skyward. The deepest blue sky and potent yellowy sun start to speak to you in rhyme. So you close your eyes and respond in kind…maybe with something like this…
Sitting in the afternoon sun
I breathe deeply with heat on my back
Not a cloud my eyes can see
My pet dog lies strewn with comfort
The trees sway this way and that
Their shadow cast spookily across my lawn
A small insect escapes the blades
As I watch it struggling to find a path
To dream as I do
It only happens when the sky is eternally blue
A cool breeze refuses to share it’s energy
And supply me, my dog with sufficient air
To feel my dreams develop beyond
An horizon that is impossible to view
How the mind works to supply hope
To those who dare to dream
When sky becomes eternally blue
Radiating heat from the sun
Splatters on my face
On my back on my neck
It’s the suns way of a loving embrace
Yes I dream still of nothing
Into the eternal blue yonder
To find no answers as such
Light years from perdition
I hope and can only wonder
Enjoying the reflective glare
Squinting with delight not derision
My blue sky that is above me;
Could it mean I’m looking;
Directly into the heavens?
A star; yes the celestial being
A yellow ball of sublime heat
And perfunctory light
I sit here to worship your power
With every bone and sinew
The blue sky motivates the thinker
Metastasises the brain like an engine
Churns thoughts, hopes, the unseen shadow
Eyes open wide now as the truth
Waits for you unbidden
When the final whistle blows
How will you feel?
Has Kane and Sterling boosted our mood
Will Pickford protect our goal like a shield?
When the final whistle blows
Can Kalvin and Rice protect us?
Or will Stones and Maguire safeguard our back
Or should we ‘Jose’ and park the bus…
When the final whistle blows
We can rely on climbing the ‘Mount’
We see Reece James fly down the wing
Leaving the ‘Italian Job’ with money to count
When the final whistle blows
The young Bellingham and Sancho arrive;
Speed and skill intertwine
Our ‘young bloods’ are start to thrive
When the final whistle blows
Saka and Grealish move at pace;
Let’s trouble the Italian old guard
And give them something else to face
When the final whistle blows
Foden and Rashford add more to the mix;
Left or right makes no odds
A problem we hope the Italians can’t fix
When the final whistle blows
Walker and Mings sit tight;
Calmness plus speed suits us fine
In any match, any day or any night
When the final whistle blows
We hope to be ‘tripping’ the light fantastic;
At any moment you may not be Shaw
Fingers crossed we won’t need anything too drastic
When the final whistle blows
Where will you all be?
It could be heaven or in some hell of a place
We’ll all have to wait and see
When the final whistle blows
55 years is a long time to ‘roam’
I just hope and pray; with a nod and a wink
Gareth; will bring our football home…
For two great presents that will give you some welcomed light relief in these dark times here are two choices for your loved ones Christmas stocking!
For a more visual view of the Comedy Drama (with romance attached) Company of Fools is available on Amazon.com/Amazon.co.uk plus another 10 countries in E-book and Paperback see the link below for the trailer & to purchase a copy…(I welcome any/all reviews/feedback)
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClBkYK8VLns4BU0Dud0_fMA
Get ready for Christmas – I hope this will get you in the mood… go here to order your copy:
Again any feedback /reviews welcomed…thanks J W Nelson
‘There’s no mystery to Black History‘ (that’s my little poetic saying). Parents from Jamaica. I have traced my ancestry back to the point when slavery was just abolished (around 1834).
And now nearly 200 years later in the UK my son and daughter are just learning about Black History in school. Wow. Is this ‘Titantic’ ship starting to turn? Who know, hopefully for everyone of colour, wherever we are all are, whatever status we hold, just maybe there are slivers of light appearing amidst the once long and eternally dark tunnel, that we have been treading.
As a would be poet, below is my first take on the many wonderful black inspirational people that have had endure; so people like me, don’t have to as much. More to follow throughout October (and maybe beyond) on other topics.
WHO ARE WE? (starting with the past)
We could be the person on the bus
Your name may be have been Rosa Parkes
Your life made to suffer by the colour of your skin
Yes; they have tried to keep us hidden; into the dark
We were the people without a voice
But Martin Luther made them hear
Look what they did to our dear proud brother
Because he made ‘them’ see what they all feared
We are the ones that move fast
Yes; Jesse Owens showed the dictator this
In the face of complete and utter oppression
It’s something that hasn’t quite fallen over the precipice
We have own Marvel Man from the past
No wheelchair in sight; but his name has an X
A voice for black empowerment
And contrary to many he wasn’t always vexed
A personal mentor; the first black female poet
If you don’t know; Phillis Wheatley was her name
George Washington recognised the talent
For every poet; she should be in your ‘hall of fame’
We need to be like our once enslaved Frederick Douglass
He fought to support those via the abolition of slavery
Putting pen to paper for all to read
His life, his very own Black History
We are the ones that Marshall the Good
Overturn the wrong for the right
Winning against segregation for the learning to occur
We thank him for providing; ‘out of darkness’ we too now have light
We are among the ‘greatest’ ones that had to rumble
The man with fists and feet of flight
Yes Cassius/Muhammed Ali knew how to move
You couldn’t stop him talking either; any day or night
We are the ones that have had to ACT
Mr. Poitier the consummate pro; won an Oscar
Imagine that in an era for his accolade
Showed that black people could also raise ‘the bar’
We should be Harriet Tubman the saviour
Literally saving over 300 enslaved souls
Nursing her community to a better educated life
She was dedicated, selfless and bold
We are the forerunner’s to make things happen
From a seat of power to make the change
Shirley Chisholm started the political race
And now her stepping stones has put us on the front page
We are the entrepreneur’s with a million in the bank
Madam C J Walker knew how to make ‘hair pay’
Making jobs for over 3,000 people at that time
Means we continue to use her genius every single day
We are everyone, everything, just like you
We have beautiful, hair, colour, skin and eyes
We are proud, clever, funny with intelligence
We are here, we are all together, let’s all keep aiming for that prize…
So I guess it’s time to wish
The new year I hope will spark
New beginnings, a new healthy dish
Hard work maybe, with a little walk in the park
Bright, positive hopes
Coupled with realistic plans
No flight, keep the fight to cope
Resist the temptation for the’beer cans’
Upward, onward, hoisted on the expectant breeze
2017 is our story yet to be written
Delivery of your goal is yours to seize
We reach our targets as we are smitten
Hooked onto the unexpected
Galvanise all of our effort and time
Never let our family, role,survival be neglected
Live our lives, day by day as a rhyme…
JW Nelson
December 31, 2016
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