I am very proud and honoured to be part of the exciting new Anthology of Poetic Christie Press, Life’s Tapestry.
Thank you to the poet Janette Fernando for the her hard work and production of this annual anthology
and for her dedication to poetry and poets. I am excited to have three poems in the Anthology.
Reflection Highly commended
Park Bench Commended
The Great west window Chosen to be included in the Anthology
In the poems of Life’s Tapestry we feel the power of images, the creativity of ideas, the originality of words,
the precise weight of rhythm, the strength of a final line and the soaring originality within a moment of life.
These poems lead us deep inside and far beyond what we already know, opening doors to richer worlds and
other ways of seeing those we love, relationships we treasure and the beliefs we hold about this one precious life.
These poems examine the smallest things and hold the largest revelations.
As Mary Oliver said, What is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?
The poems in this collection explore so many rich possibilities.
These poems are gifts for the heart, and the soul.
As Janette Fernando writes in her editorial.
‘When we think about a tapestry we usually picture something beautiful, a piece of art where different threads
are connected to each other to make a meaningful whole. . . we each have have our own tapestry of life –
our unique experiences and differing perspectives on them .
We all have threads we’d rather have done without – those times when we felt tangled, strangled, used, confused,
frayed, afraid, stressed, depressed. And yet, looking back, we often see the importance of these dark threads/times
in our lives. Perhaps they led to growth of character, resilience or gratefuleness for the more exquisite threads,
glimpsed just often enough to give us hope.
