Margaret Steggles

While many of Margaret Steggles` poems are vivid celebrations of life, of new dawnings and opportunities and the strange beauty of seascapes and the night sky, there is a darker underlying theme - that of escape from the tyranny of the past. As a nurse, wife and mother, the poet clearly found she was living in another`s shadow, and was never able to know herself. As she says, she was `lost beneath the labels` and seemed to belong to someone else. `When Our Children Leave the Nest` is a revealing piece that will strike chords with many parents, and was perhaps a catalyst for the writer`s assertion of her own identity. Maybe these poems of hope, renewal and rediscovered purpose in life can help us too as we enjoy them.

Дата выхода: январь 2009

I want to write a book of experiences and dreams, I don`t just want to leave sheets of paper that will never be seen. I would like the book to be like a mind alive on a shelf, From which my voice could go out and, hopefully, help others to find themselves. Once I was lost, now I am free - this is the overriding theme of this collection of poetry. Charting the many times that things have been difficult in her life, Margaret Steggles explains how she found her own way, the people that helped and all the things she saw along the way. Whether you have suffered loss, indecisiveness, low self-esteem or simply felt like you were in the wrong place in your life, one of these poems is sure to speak to something in you and help you find your own...

Дата выхода: январь 2008