Selected Poems

This book presents a selection of poems by a mother, wife and daughter about her life, family, and love. The poems also explore themes of loss, death, and grief.Jennifer has had a long career as a barrister, writer and artist living in London.

Poems for Loved Ones

Death – it comes to us all. For some it means loss, for others, freedom; but in reality, it is the same as birth, a journey from one place to another.Poems for Loved Ones talks briefly about death and dying and about how the grieving process brings freedom and the ability to move on. It offers hope when it feels like there is none, comfort in a time of pain and acts as a positive reminder of those who have passed through the veil of life.Poems for Loved Ones is a collection of 50 heartfelt poems written with love and compassion for all those who are grieving or remembering. It is the author’s hope that this book will bring inner peace and healing and that it will help you to reconcile the idea that:“Like Birth - Death is Just a Change of Worlds on Our Journey to Enlightenment” - Kenzo Amariyo

Melodrama

Imagine trying to find the words you’ve been trying to say, but nothing seems to come. Those memories you once shared with your first love, your first heartbreak and trying to reinvent yourself. A new beginning. Everything came with time. If it’s meant to be, it will be. Everyone heals from pain and we build scars.

Love Letters in the Wall: Agapé Edition

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Ink in the Wind

A collection of poems written over the span of years, from the bright optimism of a new beginning to the deep, dark recesses of depression, before offering the light of hope and the way forward as the writer follows their heart, the Ink in the Wind.

Human Emotions

Each and everyone of us has our own human emotions. Days can be filled with happiness whereas other days can be full of sadness. The uniqueness of one’s emotions can very rarely be understood by others. It is really difficult if not impossible to tell others how you feel or for them to understand how you are feeling. I have tried in this book to cover the inner most boundaries of human emotions splitting my poems into different realms of human thought. Hope, fate and destiny, joy, life, the world, loneliness, love, regrets, religion and the future are all covered in this book. I hope the reader can relate to and understand my poems and bring some perspective and reasoning towards their life. We are all not the same and never can be but we all have a heart and soul. By identifying these moments of thought I hope I can bring perspective and understanding to the reader. I hope you enjoy my book. 

Hopes, Dreams and Poetry in Between

My happiest feelings reside in my heart. It tells me daily: ‘Life is beautiful, trust it and it will display you its beauty.’ By doing so, I created my rhymes. I wish to share them. They started in Bosnia and are currently taking a place in Auckland, New Zealand. I truly enjoy its beauty and its sea breeze that I get to feel during my long walks. That is when I write the best, when I feel the breeze. It inspires me the most.Why do I write? To enrich the readers’ lives, remind them to embrace life and ‘the journey on earth’, to live each day the best they can. Who can guarantee us ‘tomorrow’?Go for a daily walk, even for just five minutes. You never know what you might see, who you may run into or what sort of a beauty nature might reveal to you…

Dissection of Life Poetry

A collection of poetry covering an immense variety of subjects that can be enjoyed by a vast array of people. These are poems of depth such as a bottomless well, written from life's experiences that only an ancient soul could survive to tell. They tell of love, birth, death, fear, recovery, overcoming addiction and much more. Should you feel trapped or free, a poem for you there is, I guarantee.

Zattere Agli Incurabili

This is a new kind of poem: a cross between a haiku and a limerick. Think too hard about each one and you may wish you hadn’t. Pass merrily over them and you might have a good laugh or feel slightly sick.

Some are specific to today’s interesting times. Others delve into eternal unpleasantness. Or seek to answer the unanswerable.

Menacing, fun, obscure or chilling – read them in any order. It’s your choice.

Try your hand at writing one and you might find it difficult without a lifetime addiction to doggerel verse.

You Can't Beat a Good Laugh

When a man opens the car door for his wife, it’s either a new wife or a new car.

Sit back, relax, and enjoy some of the funniest jokes and one-liners ever told.

After reading some of these hilarious jokes you will realise that you can’t beat a good laugh.

You Are Not Alone

A collection of honest, vulnerable poems written from the perspective of a heart-broken nurse. Through faith, and by taking one day at a time, she learns to overcome her struggle with mental health and faith, and to finally accept that it’s okay to not be okay. Through a mixture of written poetry, hand-illustrated artwork and photography, You Are Not Alone examines experiences and understandings of struggles with mental health from multiple angles and aesthetic mediums, drawing to the surface the rich emotional details of our inner lives.

By turns, a riveting exploration of mental health, the importance of seeking help, guidance and reassurance, and a profound reflection on the challenges of faith in God through meditations on scripture and prayer, these poems will help readers to better understand their own struggles and to find a path to happiness and to God.

Words From The Wild

“Dedication to conservation is vital for our species to survive and we thank Mark for his contribution via his rare talent in poetry. Part of our awareness in ‘Demand Reduction’ campaigns is: visual art, theatre, music and dance, with words and motions displayed in fitting performances. In this case the ‘Words’ speak for themselves and hopefully will stir readers of this book into action.” Grant Fowlds, Conservationist, Author, Amakhala Founder
Mark Graham, the author of Words from the Wild, has written poetry in support of charities both in the UK and South Africa. This, his second book, is written in support of the Amakhala Foundation which provides conservation education to communities around the Amakhala Game Reserve, Eastern Cape, SA. Many of the poems are humorous; all, it is hoped, are educational. The book is intended to act as a vehicle to raise awareness of the plight of South African wildlife and wildlife in general.