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When standing on a hill
Among the trees and buttercups
And golden daffodils."
This book is a collection of varying genres of poems written from the author’s knowledge and life as she observed it. Each unique poem comes from the heart and highlights an event either in Blyth’s life or the lives of those around her. “A Friend in Need” shows how she was a true friend who sought out one who felt unloved and showed them how much they truly were loved by her. “Cardboard Box” and “Catwalk” dig into the lives of the homeless and fighting one’s way out of poverty.
Several poems within the collection touch on the lives of soldiers and the images they have seen. For example, “Comrades” spells out the grave images some soldiers see while in battle:
“… I march with my comrades in London,
Beside me, my sea-going friend,
A tear in the eye for each soul passing by
For the thousands who fought to the end.”
“Twin Towers” eerily takes the reader back to the remembered day of 9/11:
“I awoke with good intentions
To do things I needed to do,
I awoke with good intentions, yes,
To a nightmare that was true.”
Most of the poems found in this collection are written in quatrains with an ABCB rhyming format. These poems have a sing-song rhythm and flow easily. Each tells a unique story and will leave the reader seeing those images in their mind’s eye. While all the poems were written by Blyth, the collection was published by the poet’s husband following her death. Blyth’s work reaches as far back as early 1987.
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