Poetry – Shepheard-Walwyn Publishers

Sonnets

SheaFowb429Aslf — Wed, 05 Apr 2023 06:13:20 +0000

“A silver lantern in the heavens is hung, The crescent bow set high above the trees; Its arching radiance into space is sung And by its gentle light the lover sees. Bright stars the luminescent heav’ns adorn, The moonlit dew lies glistening on the grass; So fleeting hours of night that speed t’ward dawn Are touched withlustrous beauty as they pass.” Extract from a Sonnet The sonnet…

Source

A Cascade of Stars

SheaFowb429Aslf — Wed, 05 Apr 2023 07:07:06 +0000

A cascade of stars Set against a shade of night To beautify your day. In Cascade of Stars the well-known Yoga teacher and author Mira Mehta explores the worlds of nature and human nature with sensitivity, freshness, imagination and wit. The hundred or so poems in this collection range over a wide variety of subjects. Unusually, they combine a classical structure with a modern style.

Source

Shakespeare and the Fire of Love

SheaFowb429Aslf — Tue, 04 Apr 2023 08:35:45 +0000

‘From women’s eyes this doctrine I derive: They are the ground, the books, the academes, From whence doth spring the true Promethean fire’ These lines, spoken by Berowne in Love’s Labour’s Lost, embody all the passions of the early stages of love but, as so often with Shakespeare, he seems to be hinting at something more. What is the doctrine he derives from women’s eyes? What is it women’s…

Source

Men of Valour

SheaFowb429Aslf — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 08:04:11 +0000

Based on the Second World War, this narrative poem, with its evocative drawings, captures the devastation of this global war and the dramatic events that took place. It is the author’s dedication to the courage displayed by men and women of every participating nation, but especially by those who fought for the ideals of freedom and justice against tyranny and humanity. This narrative poem seeks…

Source

This Way Once: A Book of Yesterday

SheaFowb429Aslf — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 08:03:56 +0000

The culmination of a lifetime’s work, this is a collection of poetry, prose and visual art that keeps body, mind and spirit together, a rich summation of ideas, thoughts and philosophy. Their common theme is a respect for life and an affinity with what endures throughout the years, bringing an empathetic solace and strength in time of need. This book finally became possible after so many years…

Source

Sketches Sartorial, Tonsorial and the Like

SheaFowb429Aslf — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 08:03:54 +0000

St Claire Bullock – a Professor of Philosophy, no less – in the intervals between pondering the great questions of life, turned his hand to penning light verse in the manner of Hilaire Belloc, Ogden Nash and Edward Lear. In rhyming couplets these wry and witty poems ponder the foibles and vanities of mortals. Some of these are captured in pen and ink drawings which caricature the subject of the…

Source

Saviour of the Nation

SheaFowb429Aslf — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 08:03:53 +0000

Chosen for Summer 2015-16 People’s Book Prize Collection. This engaging poem depicts Winston Churchill as a hero, in traditional epic style and echoes the works of Homer and Virgil. The metre adds an emotional intensity to the events of 20th century history more usually found within Classical literature. The narrative covers the period from 1940, when Great Britain faced perhaps the greatest…

Source

On the Nature of Poetry

SheaFowb429Aslf — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 08:03:52 +0000

Chosen for June 2009 PEOPLE’S BOOK PRIZE COLLECTION for Non-Fiction. The author writes: ‘The intention of this book is to examine and analyse the essential nature of the phenomenon we call poetry; to seek an understanding of the power this art form exerts over mind and heart; to comprehend its potency; and to explain its perennial ability to command the respect of mankind’. Almost a library in…

Source

John Clare: Voice of Freedom

SheaFowb429Aslf — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 08:03:49 +0000

‘The greatest labouring-class poet that England has ever produced.’ Jonathan Bate on BBC In Our Time with Melvyn Bragg John Clare (1793-1864) was born at a time of great social upheaval, just months after the beheading of Louis XVI and the outbreak of war with France which was to last till the defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo in 1815. He also lived through the upheavals of the land enclosure…

Source

What If It Were You?

SheaFowb429Aslf — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 08:03:48 +0000

Chosen for Summer 2019 PEOPLE’S BOOK PRIZE COLLECTION for Fiction. Foreword by Fiyaz Mughal OBE, founder of ‘Tell MAMA’, a national faith hate crime reporting project. An extract from Elizabeth’s interview with Phoebe Aurelia on Croydon FM:. “[In a town in the US] all the Jewish community stand outside one of the mosques with plaques like ‘we’re here for you’ showing that support…

Source