'My heart is like a singing bird
Whose nest is in a water'd shoot ...'
A pre-ordered copy of
Heart Shoots has just arrived at my home. This new poetry anthology is the companion volume to the popular
Soul Feathers, also produced by Ronnie Goodyer and Dawn Bauling of
Indigo Dreams Publishing Limited. Thank you, Ronnie and Dawn, for your dedication and tireless efforts not only on behalf of poetry, but also on behalf of the charitable causes you care so much about.
This new collection is sold as a fund-raiser for
Macmillan Cancer Support, the charity known primarily for its Macmillan Nurses. These, of course, are backed up by a strong team of medical doctors, therapists, managers, administrative support-workers, campaigners, volunteers and others. You can find some of the people who make up the face of this inspiring organisation
here. Way back in 1911, Douglas Macmillan established the 'Society for the Prevention and Relief of
Cancer', providing information on recognising, preventing and treating
cancer to patients, doctors and members of the public. All profit on the sale of this new volume has been waived by the publishers, allowing £2 (inc. of VAT) to go to the charity for every copy sold.
Heart Shoots is a volume in which poems by 'the newcomer' and 'the internationally famous' nestle side by side. Those in the latter category include Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Seamus Heaney, Joni Mitchell, Benjamin Zephaniah, Sharon Olds, Penelope Shuttle, Moniza Alvi, Pascale Petit and Dennis Lecorriere, to mention those on the front cover. You will also find poems by Wordsworth, Keats, Elizabeth Barrett-Browning and John Donne. There are many contemporary poets whose names you will know from the wider poetry and small press scenes.
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| And if you are wondering why I have posted this dragonfly, well, perhaps the answer lies on p.57 of Heart Shoots. |
