Echoes from the Cellar Within

‘I have the misfortune of having a date with you daily,
Though you lessen your grip every now and then.
I am still shackled to your chains.
I am not the master of my own time.
You dictate the pace of my day and how I spend my time.’

(From the poem ‘Shackles’)

Fresh, accessible and heartfelt, the poems in Renée Walter’s collection Echoes from the Cellar Within deal with many different aspects of life, such as love, loss and joy.

Renée Walter was born in London, of Antiguan and Nigerian parentage. She is a graduate of pharmacology. Aside from poetry, Renée writes short stories, verses and songs. She lives in London.