Books, coffee, floral skirts, plants, food, wooden floors, music, textiles, walking, poems, bunting, roman sandals, children, photos, silly cakes, making, doing, breathing…. human merely being.
‘Just let the soft animal of your body / love what it loves.’ -Mary Oliver
My poetry book, The Comforter, is published by Seraph Press. You can order it from there or find it in Bruce McKenzie Books, Palmerston North; Unity Books, Wellington; Unity Books Auckland; Parsons Bookshop Auckland; The Women’s Bookshop Auckland and the University Bookshop Otago.
Hi Helen – Bought The Comforter at Otago Uni Bookshop in the weekend and what a find! Love it. It’s a wonderful companion – ate breakfast devouring a poem, had a break from the garden, read a poem, and waiting for dinner to cook tonight I helped myself to two poems! A real treasure-trove, thank you. Ruth Arnison
Hey thanks, Ruth! Thanks so much for a) taking a chance on the book b) liking it c) taking the trouble to say hi and let me know. I very much appreciate all three things! x Helen
Hello Helen, I found The Comforter at the Poetry Library in London, UK. I enjoyed reading it (still enjoying it!). you are truly a great poet. thank you for sharing your art.
Irena
Thank you so much, Irena! – thanks for stopping by and saying hello. Are you English or a NZer? I lived in London for a year in the 90s – in Brixton, Streatham and Battersea. I love London! I also remember the poetry library very well – it blew my mind that there could be a whole library just for poetry. Thanks again, Helen
Yes, PoetryLibrary is a little gem among all the treasures that London offers! and I am actually Croatian artist living in Brixton currently! Irena
Aah, how wonderful! I lived on Brixton Water Lane and Brixton Road. I hope you are having good adventures in London. x Helen