Words is what I'm Doing is a collection of story notes and poems based on stories the author heard as a child and in adulthood, recalling the lives of ancestors, current family, and friends and mentors of the Poet. Although the stories can be classified as faction the poems are factual and are an eclectic mix of love, loss, passion and humour. The story notes are in chronological order starting in 1807 when the Poet's ancestor John Peters arrives in Liverpool on a slave ship sold because of his runaway blood culminating in the author's journey to Liverpool in 2008. Intermingled with the poems...

This latest collection of poetry by Cecelia Peters is a combination of some of her most recent poems and some childhood rhymes. The Poem Sarah's Song reflecting on a young woman's triumph over the adversity of child abuse is simplistic and melodious, whilst The Poem for Today, written at the age of 12 shows early signs of poetic powers and deep imaginary vision. This new collection of rhymes reflects the various changes in the Poet's consciousness. The haunting poem The Muse Has Come Upon Me tells in simple terms of the Poet's struggle with her gift, which is interpreted as the noisome but...