Well here it is folks, my first collection of poetry! And I haven’t stopped smiling!!

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This collection has been hovering around for a while, waiting (and not always patiently), to feel right enough to be allowed out. And when it finally does, reads well (I’m biased of course!) and flows, it’s such a wonderful moment, like you’ve finally achieved that elusive whole. Anyway, I digress…

The chapbook contains 20 poems that explore loss – of the self, another or the connection between – which I hope provoke a few thoughts rather than a need to reach for the tissues!

I am so pleased with how it’s turned out, having been beautifully put together by Brenda and Stephen Matthews at Ginninderra Press, who have had the painstaking experience of dealing with a poet and her precious perfections! And I am honoured to be their first of the new Picaro Poets, which I have no doubt will become a fantastic series as it continues to grow.

So I’m taking Brenda’s advice, of giving my chapbook the life it deserves, by arranging a launch (further details to follow shortly), so for those of you interested keep an eye out, while the other one can be reading it  🙂