Beatrice Holloway

Broschiertes Buch

The Promise and Other Poems

Beschreibung

You will have noticed that I am a writer, a writer, in the main, of children's books. As a child, I wasn't that fussy about poetry in school, and yet I quite often surprise myself now as an adult, when with my friends we are discussing prose and poetry, I can often quote some of the poems I had learned in my earlier years. 'The Fairies' by William Allingham - 'Up the airy mountain, down the rushy glen...' and 'A Smuggler's Song' by Rudyard Kipling, 'Brandy for the parson, Baccy for the Clerk, Laces for a lady...' by Rudyard Kipling, spring to mind. Some of my writer friends write beautiful poetry, in depth, about their inner feelings, that are very moving, but my efforts are not at all so profound. I make pictures with words. Often they do not rhyme, and the rhythm is sometimes broken, so I believe my work may well come into the category of free verse. I do hope you enjoy my modest attempts at poetry writing. Two poems in this collection won monthly competitions, 'Different Strands' in February 2021 and 'The Hand of Papa' in June 2022.

Autor

This is the fourth of Beatrice's adult books. Her other books titles are: A Man from the North East, Elusive Destiny and Archie's Children. Beatrice has also written a number of children's books including three telling of the adventures of a boy's life on the canals during the early twentieth century. Following these are six books about a boy's childhood in Wales during the difficult times of the 1970s. All are available as ebooks. The London Borough of Hillingdon library service has published two of her children's stories and the Hillingdon Arts Association awarded her a Certificate of merit - 'In recognition of an outstanding contribution to the Arts'. Beatrice was also awarded a Lottery Grant to write a commissioned historical play: Commoner to Coronet. Beatrice now has another five short plays published. She is a retired teacher and a member of The Society of Women Writers and Journalists and the Society of Authors. She has been a member of a local writing group - Phrase Writers - for over twenty years and is the children's storyteller for Hillingdon Narrowboats Association.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: TSL Publications
• Seitenzahl: 38
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. September 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 210mm x 148mm x 2mm
• Gewicht: 64g
• ISBN-13: 9781915660183
• ISBN-10: 1915660181
• Artikelnr.: 66250853