small stones: a year of moments by Fiona Robyn
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Do you ever find yourself rushing through your days with no time to pause and look around you? Do you pay attention to the smell of your coffee? Do you notice pigeons gulping from puddles?
This book contains 365 'small stones' - bite-sized truffles of poetry celebrating the extraordinary in the everyday and the ordinary. It will remind you to slow down and engage with your own world, because right here and right now is where the wonder is.
Published by Lulu.com in June 2008 * Available from Amazon at £9.oo / $16.50 * ISBN 978-1-4092-0449-7 * 188 pages
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Example 'small stones':
every ten minutes there is something new to fill her up with awe
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She jumps off her bike and knocks the girl over, shouting and kicking her in the head and stomach. Men step in, pull them away from each other. Just further on, a pink pool of cherry blossoms lie under a naked tree. I pick one up, as if it might help. It has no scent. The tissue-thin petals are as soft as the soles of a baby’s feet.
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he had twitching whiskers and trembled in my hand
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papery pink pea-blossoms hover over the green of the field like stopped butterflies
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the moon is so transparent you could slip a thumb-nail under the edge and peel it from the sky
What people say:
Sage Cohen, www.sagesaidso.com
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Thank you for sharing. Your few, simple words have been an on-going inspiration for me to take just a moment in this busy world to really, really see.
David Craig, a small stone reader
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a small stone is one of my favourite poetry blogs, serving up tiny bite-sized truffles of poetry.
Rachel Barenblat, www.velveteenrabbi.com
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Life seems brighter and bolder when I read your words.
Lisa,
www.turning-earth.co.uk
Author
biography
Fiona Robyn is a writer and blogger living in Hampshire with her partner, cats and vegetable patch.
Her novels are all due to come out with the marvellous Snowbooks in 2009 - The Blue Handbag in March, The Letters in May and Thaw in July. Her other books are ‘Living Things’, her first poetry collection, and ‘small stones: a year of moments’.
Her daily blog is at a small stone and her blog about being a writer is at Planting Words. Her main site is at www.fionarobyn.com. She can be contacted at fiona@fionarobyn.com. Join her mailing list by putting your email into the box below.
She is currently growing potatoes, learning Russian and investigating Zen thought.