The Light of the World

Why are we destroying our world, a world without which, we cannot live? Our world is unique, it has everything in it that we need and more. It is living and breathing and moves around very slowly so that each and every part of it has day and night. It has amazing landscapes and sights which are breath-taking. Amazing wildlife, oceans and mountains, rivers and forests. Without all this the world would not exist. It is a living and breathing planet which must be protected!

We cannot continue to take what we want without considering the consequences.

We must love it and care for it, and put back what we have taken. We must work together regardless of where we live, regardless of race, religion, or colour.

We are in danger of upsetting the balance of the world and destroying it. We have had a warning and a pandemic!

These poems look at the natural world in a new way.

The Liberation of Albion

Influenced by the visionary imagination of William Blake and the characters he created in The Four Zoas and Jerusalem, The Liberation of Albion is both a theogony, creation myth and tale of spiritual development.
An epic poem that both engages with the past and exists firmly within modernity, the story follows the grand-man Albion and the grand-woman Jerusalem, as their lives are touched by fate and they find themselves embroiled in the desires and whims of the gods. When Albion is chained, bound, and laid low, Jerusalem is left to face the world alone.
The Liberation of Albion seeks to reignite the imagination of modernity and reveal once more the intricate links between narrative, meaning, truth and beauty.

The Inner Voice

The Inner Voice is a compilation of poems dealing with everyday life as the author sees it.
The poems range from serious to witty, from funny to thought-provoking, and includes personal musings as well as interactions with family, friends and neighbours.

The Incumbent Spirit

Why are we here? What is our purpose? Is there a higher power and can we connect with it?

These eternal questions have been posed throughout the ages. Various views and opinions towards the answers have formed clusters of believers who then forge separate groups of thinking and ideology, sometimes causing division, war, and death.

This book of poetry challenges these questions once more, seeking universal answers which could bind the human race together in a way which respects life and its diversity, while suggesting commonalities of being. Thought provoking, inspirational and comforting, it inspires the reader to look at life through the eyes of others, raising levels of compassion and self-awareness on a journey of spiritual contemplation.

The Incumbent Spirit is an anthology of spiritual poetry inspired by the need for peace, understanding, and togetherness, composed in a year of fear and division. In here are words to inspire the seeking of love, peace, and wisdom from spirit, through spirit, to spirit.

The Impediment To My Success

Emma Anna Marie Clarke has written poetry from the age of 12, she started when her teacher was stuck for lesson ideas on rainy Friday afternoons. Her first poem was about a mouse called Freddy! Later English teachers, specifically a Mrs Huggett, encouraged writing poetry too, and so by the age of 17, she began to write poems for herself to vent emotions, creating her first grown-up poem called Mr and Mrs Personality. Then after marriage at age of 26, she stopped writing, maybe because she was happy! 15 years later, and a widow, she produced a collection of poems called The Impediment to my Success.

The Glenbanna Sonneteer

A friend is another self
without doubt
without hatred
without prejudice
always ready
always faithful.

The Early Departure

These are selected poems of the eminent modern Iraqi poet Badre Shākir Al-Sayyāb (1926–1964) who developed a modern style in writing Arabic poetry, which soon became popular in modern Iraqi and, by extension, Arabic poetry. Though a couple of his poems were translated into English and French, this is the first time that such a collection of his poetry has been translated and published.

The Distance

At the age of eleven, Azza El Wakeel wrote in her diary that she wished to become a poetess because poets are capable of expressing their deep feelings and thoughts in a wonderful style. Several years later she discovered that her simple lines could be considered poems – that the texts in her diaries are poetry! All at once, she became a poetess and writer.
Through writing she discovers herself and understands her feelings; she enjoys forming new sentences, playing with words, drawing images and composing inner music between the lines.
Sharing her words makes her happy and she’s pleased to leave a mark of beauty on the earth, because she believes that poetry is the most beautiful thing in the world!

The Collector's Dream Vol. 1

Embark on this soulful journey

with Donaldson’s collector's dream

to bless your being with his beautifully written poetry

allow yourself to experience his divine expressions,

genuine emotions, love for humanity and, his fascinating way

of rhyming his observations, knowledge, and spiritual wisdom

Embark on this magnificent journey

Of deep understanding and salvation 

Through gratitude, warmth, affection, loyalty, and positivity

Embark on this reviving journey for

each poem is a treasure

each poem will warm your heart

each poem will teach you a lesson

or you will receive a positive thought

that will set you eternally free.

– Leorah Mcnemir-Rohoman 

The Blue Canvas

A blend of interesting poetry inspired by everyday life things such as the weather, holidays, food, or life in general. Written during lockdown when home-schooling was the new norm, this anthology of poems helps us to remember, be thankful, and be grateful. Listening to the news during the pandemic made people believe that each day was a blessing, and that people should do their best to value their family, friends, and neighbours, and not take each other for granted.

The Blossoming Lotus

Embark on a transformative voyage of self-exploration and recovery with The Blossoming Lotus.
Through moments of heartache, betrayal, hope, joy, poverty, despair, self-loathing, self-love, homelessness, and friendship, the writer learns to love all aspects of herself, recognising that, much like the Lotus Flower that flourishes in murky waters, all of us have the potential to mature into beautiful and powerful beings.
This collection of poems, written over the past decade, represents a powerful and inspiring message of hope.
‘I hope you enjoy reading this collection.
My prayer is for my messages to reach those
who need them the most.’
Sylvie

The Billion Voices In My Head

‘Anxiety throughout your teenage years fills your head with “a billion voices”. All of these thoughts make you question what you and the world around you are about, to the point where you feel you are going totally insane. This is my experience, for you to enjoy, meditate and maybe have a good laugh at me and yourself as well, remembering what you also went through during those crazy times.
‘I want my book to be a testament of what it means to look for a place in the society while battling against one’s own insecurities in the early 21st century, while everything changes constantly and the fear of becoming redundant before being even relevant plagues the human mind.’
Benita de la Rocha