I have read Leon Stevens previous collection of poetry and enjoyed his humorous take on life and everyday irritations very much. When I saw he'd published a new collection, it was an obvious buy for me.
A Wonder of Words is divided into different grouping of poems about specific events, circumstances, or emotional states of the poet and the topics vary from Poems with Humour, to Creations from Quarantine, to The Environment. The last section of the book is devoted to thirty poems in thirty days for the National Poetry Month Challenge which the poet participated in. The challenge requires poets to write to a specified daily prompt and the author rose admirably to the task with a collection of entertaining and varied poems.
I enjoyed all the poems in the collection, but the four poems under Creations from Quarantine section resonated with me especially strongly. Perhaps because the lockdowns and pandemic period impacted all of us equally throughout the world and we all had similar anxieties, fluctuations of worry and aggravation, and a sense of the orderliness of life breaking down.
This poem, Silver Linings, puts a positive spin on lockdown life:
"Through disaster she stops her pining
There may just be a silver lining
Her lifeblood no longer quickly drains
From her old and deep and weary veins
No longer does it hurt to breathe
No smoggy air to make her wheeze
Regaining sight and through the tears
She hadn't seen the stars for years
Skin once wrinkled begins to heal
And younger she begins to feel
For a while, she thinks, it will be easier
As Mother Nature sits and takes a breather.
This is a collection all lovers of poetry are sure to enjoy.
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About Leon Stevens
Leon Stevens is an author, composer, guitarist, songwriter, and an artist, with a Bachelor of Music and Education. He published his first book of poetry, Lines by Leon: Poems, Prose, and Pictures in January 2020, followed by a book of original classical guitar compositions, Journeys, and a short story collection of science fiction/post-apocalyptic tales called The Knot at the End of the Rope and Other Short Stories. His newest publication is the novella, The View from Here, which is a continuation of one of his short stories. His new collection of poetry titled, A Wonder of Words, is available now.
His unique art designs can be viewed on his website.
Fun mug designs by Leon Stevens
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