A review of Olivia Wells: “Stories and Poems in the Moment”. Night Publishing, June 2011.
“We are human beings,” writes Olivia Wells, “not human doings, and in every way we are made up of many colours, some dark, some light, some demanding, some gentle.
The dark and demanding are necessary for us to take action and the gentle and spiritual are for nurturing.
When we accept all that we are, then we can accept all that is in others.”
So begins a wonderful journey through simple, legend-like stories and beautiful, compassionate poetry like Take a Leaf
Take a leaf,
from the heart of a friend,
it is there to share with you
spend it wisely,
the love that it brings
is valid for time long
and a day.
Measure it and you will see
That it reaches beyond the
sunrise
and slips between your fingers
if you let it go.
Be gentle ..
it is intended
just for you.
There are also darker poems like “Mirror Me”, “Reflections on Alzheimer’s and Autism” and “Ode to a Son”:
Your demonic death
washed my soul in deep sorrow,
and yet, there is hope,
for you.
Now the child wraith can bloom
In gentle fields of soft sun,
and grow in the light of love
that I send to you.
Knowing that the life you lived
though short was a lesson
to be learned
the hard way.
May I thank you, and wish
that this song of love
will follow your every step
to a new place.
The stories, written like legends, are pure magic. “Silk, Ruby, Ebony, and Clover”, “Lao Tsu and the Tears”, and Doorinna the Snake Dragon are but three of them, each one the kind of story children will devour again and again and again.
I can’t really say enough about this wonderful little book. It is a gem.
A clear ***** read that will be a favorite for generations.
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