Perspectives

By Polly Paice

This is a book of poems, which have been written over a large span of my life, starting over 40 years ago, to the present day.

As the title states, many of these poems are perspectives of my life or life around me

I have grouped them into sections, with a short preface on each section.

I hope you enjoy them

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris UK
• Release date: Oct 25, 2012
• ISBN: 9781479729241

Polly Paice

I am 65 years of age, and I am an everyday housewife and mother. I have two wonderful children and two beautiful grandchildren. Since I was a young child, you would always find me with my head buried in a book. I was fascinated by words, and how they could bring things alive for me. I started to write poetry when I was quite young, and had my one of my poems published in our school magazine, which was many moons ago. I then had quite a long period when writing took a back seat, and it was not until my early fifties, that I felt inspired to write again, it is since than that I have written most of my poems.

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Copyright © 2012 by Polly Paice.

ISBN:          Softcover                                 978-1-4797-2923-4

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Contents

Prelude to Section 1

Autumn

Dusk in the woodland

England in the Spring

Snow

The Autumn Storm

The Tempest

Prelude to Section 2

Your Angel

Across the Crystal Pathways

Soaring Spirit

Come the Day

Dreamtime

I Am Joy

Jesus is Here

Short Poems 1

The Meaning of Life

Prelude to Section 3

No Hope

Elusive Sleep

No Way Out

Soft Summer Night

Someone To Be There

Prelude to Section 4

Mourn Not for I am here

Time For Me To Go

In Loving Memory of Dad

Those of Us Who Knew Sarah

Prelude to section 5

Goodbye My Love

Is This What It’s Like to Die

It’s Not So Bad Being Ill

The Day I Lost My Son

Prelude to Section 6

Lost Childhood

My Daughter

My Day—By an Autistic Child

My Sister

O.C.D.

Oakland’s Wives

The Ancient Dowel

The Hospital

The Little Fairy-Bird

This is Me

Prelude to Section 1

I am privileged to live in the centre of the beautiful English countryside, and these poems were inspired by the wonders of nature which are found all around us.

Autumn

The morning mist lays low upon the meadow

Spread out just like a blanket on the ground

The tendrils weave around surrounding hedgerows

And hide nocturnal creatures homeward bound

The rising sun shines softly and has kissed

The fluffy clouds that hover overhead

And on the meadow hidden by the mist

Like a blushing rose soft pink and tinged with red

The treetops now peep out and raise their heads

And catch the morning sun, which sets ablaze

The glorious shade of autumn, brown and red

And yellow and green, to