The Rage in Albion

By Cecelia Peters

Carrying on from where she left of with The Muse, Cecelia Peters eagerly awaited collection The Rage in Albion ventures once more into the real, taking readers to another place with splendid fantasy, stark observations and uncompromising reality.

With the title poem The Rage in Albion Peters pens eloquently her observations of the curious and enigmatic homeless man under the bridge, whose placards have become his voice, so far read in over 20 countries, this is Peters most famous rhyme to date. Thrillingly dark and evocative, she uplifts the reader giving a feeling of awe and enchantment, then gradually back down to reality with graceful melancholy.

Peters introduces new characters to intrigue, such as the well publicised, The Woman Who Cried, and a tribute to Paul Sweeney, the London Hackney Carriage Driver, The Driving Seat of Knowledge, together with the un-noticing Janet, the much maligned Lizzie and the inimitable Cool Breeze.

Similarly, with The Guide Peters takes readers to her most secret place. Part story and part rhyme The Guide shows a side of the Poet rarely seen, guiding you through each stage of her recurring dream, and spiritual encounter.

Enchanting and thought provoking, The Rage in Albion combines the real with the surreal. Once again a fitting tribute to the Bardess of Langley whose fearless approach has become her trademark.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse UK
• Release date: Jul 26, 2013
• ISBN: 9781491801079

Cecelia Peters

Cecelia Peters has been writing all her life. Starting with her first rhyme at the age of 7, written during a class project, and encouraged by her Teacher and her Father, she continued and never stopped. A former Paralegal and a divorced mother of two sons, and using her family name of Cecelia Grant-Peters she runs her own business, Bardess of Langley, from her home village of Langley, in Berkshire, England, running poetry workshops and readings in schools and other institutions of learning. A lifelong contributor to journals, magazines and newspapers her work is stark and uncompromising and regularly featured on the Internet, where she has a Facebook Page, Cecelia’s Poetry Page, encouraging fellow authors and friends to contribute their own rhymes and works. Her most famous poem ‘The Rage In Albion’ has had readers commenting in over 20 countries and counting, and has been read to over 15,000 children in schools and institutions of learning, and is used in GCSE assessments.

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The

Rage

In Albion

and other poems by

CECELIA PETERS

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Published by AuthorHouse 7/25/2013

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Contents

Introduction

PART ONE — The Rage in Albion

The Rage in Albion

Can I call you ‘Madiba’?

The Woman Who Cried

The Return of ‘Cool Breeze’

The Rhyme of Mad Lizzie

The Woman Who Lived Inside Her Head

Walk into the Light Jonah, Walk into the Light

They Say That Conor had a Childhood Once

(Before Football)

This one is for Abigail ‘Child A’ - Summer of Love 2011

Driving Seat of Knowledge - London Hackney Carriage Driver (For Paul Sweeney)

Digging With Dad

A True Mother (For Dianna James)

Barely Noticing The Autumn Leaves Beneath Her Feet

When I Was Ten

PART TWO — The Mountain

The Mountain

Wrap Me in the Cotton of the Night

Come Close To Me Now

Hold my Hand

The Shore

I Believe

I Wish I Were a Cat

Poet, you’re suffering from ‘Metaphor’

Back In B

This Is the Pen That Knows

The Beguiled

A Thousand Cuts Make

The Rainbow Not Enough

PART THREE — The Guide

The Guide

Index of First Lines

For the people in my heart

xxx x xxx

Carrying on from where she left of with ‘The Muse’, Cecelia Peters’ eagerly awaited collection ‘The Rage in Albion’ ventures once more into the real, taking readers to another place with splendid fantasy, stark observations and uncompromising reality.

With the title poem ‘The Rage in Albion’ Peters pens eloquently her observations of the curious and enigmatic homeless man under the bridge, whose placards have become his voice, so far read in over 20 countries, this is Peters’ most famous rhyme to date. Thrillingly dark and evocative, she uplifts the reader giving a feeling of awe and enchantment, then gradually back down to reality with graceful melancholy.

Peters introduces new characters to intrigue, such as the well publicised, ‘The Woman Who Cried’, and a tribute to Paul Sweeney, the London Hackney Carriage Driver, ‘The Driving Seat of Knowledge’, together with the un-noticing ‘Janet,’ the much maligned ‘Lizzie’ and the inimitable ‘Cool Breeze’.

Similarly, with ‘The Guide’ Peters takes readers to her most secret place. Part story and part rhyme ‘The Guide’ shows