Description
Broken Things is a gathered handful of poems formed from quiet curiosity at the ordinary and strange in what is found beneath our feet, at our fingertips, in the air about us…
This, the debut collection from the exciting new talent that is the poet Vicky Allen, is a fantastic introduction to her work and a glimpse of what is yet to come.
“With the eyes of a watcher and the pen of a mystic Vicky Allen causes us to slow down and take notice of the world around. Those things we do not see in the rush of our lives. Her words take us into that place where the visible world around us meets the invisible world inside us and somewhere in that confluence our very being in this world is renewed and transformed.”
- Joel Mckerrow- Writer, Speaker, Poet, Artist Ambassador for TEAR Australia ~
About Vicky Allen
Vicky Allen lives on the south east coast of Scotland. The land, seascapes and rich heritage of story and folklore in Scotland are influential in her poetry.
Recent anthology “Reaching For Mercy” (Proost 2018) features her work, as does the 2019 Dove Tales anthology “Bridges Not Walls” and children’s poetry anthology “Are We In A Book” (Black Agnes Press 2019). She performed her spoken-word show “Wonder Lines” for the 2018 Edinburgh Book Fringe, with further performances taking place in 2019. She regularly participates in open mic and community poetry events. She has work published online and in print with Mslexia, Vox Poetica, The Writers Cafe, Bonnie’s Crew and the Scottish Centre for Geopoetics journal “Stravaig” amongst others. Vicky was the 2018 Faith/Unbelief poetry slam winner.
“Broken Things” is Vicky’s first poetry pamphlet.
Product details
- eBook PDF: 28 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1913499030
- ISBN-13 : 978-1913499037
- Order from Amazon HERE
“Like the Heron in her poem of that name, Vicky Allen takes the time to enquire beneath the fluid surface of her subjects, rewarding us with a clear voiced, finely distilled collection of poems.”
- Martin Daws, Spoken Word Poet, Creative Educator, author of “Geiriau Gogs” and “Skintight the Sidewalk”. Young People’s Laureate Wales (2013-16)
“I love Vicky’s poetry and it’s been a real honour to be able to collaborate with her in the past. Vicky is a unique mix of storyteller and poet. Her poems hold together rhythmically yet also have the feel of epic stories with deep meaning and playful humour. She performs with a smile and is able to create those wonderful deep moments of silence when everyone engages with her words and rhymes.”
- Andy Freeman, writer, poet, founder & co-director of Space to Breathe
“Words arise in all of us, but only a special few can allow themselves to be shaped by them. Vicky is one of those who do. Her words weave rich stories and images that swirl about us then lead us in her direction.”
- Chris Goan, poet
“Vicky’s poems, at once delicate and robust, earthy and ethereal, transport her listener/reader right to their windswept locales, and indirectly to her heart. On one of her lonesome starry nights or jagged sand paths is where even the cynic can find himself disarmed, nodding reflexively in understanding to faith, longing and wonder.”
- Rachel Zylstra, singer – songwriter
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