The Poet's Eye - Couverture souple

O'Neill, Charlie

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1911229028 ISBN 13 : 9781911229025

Editeur : Augur Press, 2017

Synopsis

Existential questions inspired by everyday details. In this conscientious collection the poet steps beyond the veil in her quest to embrace both the light and dark sides of life. With poignancy and insight, her voice rings out through the words she left behind, finding humour, wonderment and hope alive in a tumultuous and ineffable world.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Celia O'Neill began writing at an early age and her talent was recognised whilst at school where she won a nationwide competition. She excelled at English Literature during A-levels and went on to study History and French at the University of East Anglia. She had various professional roles during her working life - ranging from Librarian and Archivist, to Executive Recruiter - but it was through writing that she really found her passion. It was her passion and level of commitment that saw her win prizes in international competitions for her poems, some of which were included in published anthologies, but there was no collection published that consisted solely of her own poems. The Poet's Eye is a collection of her poems that were bought together posthumously. The poems here lie broadly in two main kinds with various other topics and themes woven in. The first kind considers the more poignant side of personal experience we, or others, may face; love, family, spirituality, loss, choice, ageing, death and God. The second kind details the smaller `first world problems' (and perks!) that come and go but yet remain integral to our lives. Celia was, by her own admission, a bit of an `outsider', never content to do things (or think!) much like everyone else, and this in turn cultivated her particular way of embracing her own experiences and those of others with whom she felt an affinity. She was deeply empathetic to the tragedies which people face, as expressed in poems such as `The refugee' and `To a spouse with Alzheimers'. She was in awe of the metaphysical nature of ourselves and of situations: `The people I never knew', `If Nana had married Arthur Underwood'; and she wasn't afraid to embrace the darker, more macabre side of herself in poems such as `The stalker' and `Crows at high tide'. She was never shy and was always only a step away from poking fun at herself, as shown in `Relaxation tape' and `Yoga'. Although melancholy manifests in some of Celia's poems, there is always evidence of an undeniable omnipresent spirit. "You see merely an old grey stone, whereas I see still life magic." Celia O'Neill

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Augur Press
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1911229028
• ISBN 13: 9781911229025
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 44
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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