REFLECTIONS
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Poet Diana Swann talks about her book project
have earned a living as a classical musician all my life but I am now 88 and arthritic. I can no longer play the piano for it has become increasingly painful and frustrating. When lockdown began, I needed something to occupy longer hours of solitude. I am lucky in that I live in a comfortable retirement residence facing the sea and I have always enjoyed walking along the seafront aided by a rollator. I had often found that phrases lodged in my head about scenes and happenings during my walk; and I began to write them down. Soon these phrases were being worked into poems which I began to send to long-suffering friends and family. My eldest son suggested that I collect them into a book and he would support the publication, so I did. There are poems about COVID,
Portrait of Diana
Portsmouth and the sea, and thoughts about my own past, current and future life. I try to express the fears and hopes of people of my age, not only about our remaining days but also our worries about climate-change. Hopefully the poems will make readers smile, reflect, and empathise.
To find out more about Diana’s book go to: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/amb1/ reflections-special-poems-about-past-presentand-future-lives?ref=user_menu 53
