My Poet Tree reflects my personal journey through life expressed in verse From the consequences of war in Painted In Red to the emotional turmoil of lost love in Crippled Smiles. We cross a landscape where the frailty of age is captured in Of Our Lives. Then we pause for a moment to consider the guilt or innocence in This Cell My Prison, before moving on to the fragile state of this planet in I Challenge The Day. there are many twists and emotions are examined throughout the book an example being We Wear It Well. Occasionally we stop to smile as in There's An Elephant In My Garden. Before...

This is the story of two good friends Shiv and Stitch and their first adventure into the place they call large land. It all begins as a bit of fun that will soon take them from the warmth and safety of the kitchen drawer. To a land where nothing is as it seems, and where danger is never far away. And as they begin their journey we will meet some of the characters that have made large land their home. Hobble the hare and Snuffle the hedgehog. And the mighty owl Romulus who lives and hunts from the rafters of the old barn. We will tip toe to the edge of pike wood where concealed by the morning...

Odyssey: "a long and eventful or adventurous journey or experience." In this book, the author explores many themes through the medium of poetry, touching upon events that cross the paths of some of us in our everyday lives. There are journeys into love and heartache; happiness and sorrow; history revisited, from the horrors of medieval battles to the trenches of the Somme. Nature and the environment are also featured, reminding us of the diversity and beauty of this planet upon which we live, and sometimes, of our fight to preserve it for future generations. Finally, there is darkness and...