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Brenda Matthews
Soft Gaze by Colleen & Michael Keating
Soft Gaze our new Picaro Press book has just been released. Thank you to Brenda Eldridge and Stephen Matthews at Ginninderra Press.. This is our second collaborative effort and we found our poetry blended very well to create this beautiful collection.
We are proud of the cover we have titled ‘still and still moving‘ a photograph taken by our daughter, Jessica. As she walked on the beach , she observed the sand designs on the ebbing tide. One needs attention and the art of soft gazing to see this phenomena and once seen of course it is never unseen. One can never walk again on the beach and not watch for the intricate designs the sand and water makes at their edge. Thanks Jessica.
The dedication reads:
For our children and their partners –
the role models for our grandchildren.
Michael’s poem gives the title to the collection
Soft Gaze
by Michael Keating
On this rim of the Pacific
an alfresco café fills and empties
swirls with chatter and laughter.
I allow my thoughts to drift.
On the rumpled velvet water
a canoeist eases into view
captures centre stage
then fades out of sight.
Folded against a cloud-gripped sky
the ocean is polished, gunmetal grey.
Pale pockets quilt the surface
where the sun probes to burn through.
The horizon arcs –
a tightrope where a coal bulker crosses.
A sharp scurry of seagulls
reframes my attention.
Launch of Mrs. Rickaby’s Lullaby by Julie Thorndyke
Congratulations
to Julie Thorndyke on the launch of her novel Mrs Rickaby’s Lullaby.
Celebrating the birth of a new book is always one of the great pleasures, after all the hard work in bring it to fruition. It was launched by the well known poet and writers and mentor Beverley George surrounded by Julie’s family, friends and writing colleagues. And very enjoyable to share a glass of wine and some delicious cheeses while we chatted with writer, friends old and new.
Hartog Bookshop at Macquarie Centre was a welcoming space for just such an experience.
Special mention was made of Ginninderra Press and the invaluable gratitude many of us have for the support we receive from this publishing company. Thanks to Brenda and Stephen Matthews.
Mrs. Rickaby’s Lullaby was a wonderful read, cleverly written with well developed characters and twists of story just like in real life.
