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Coming
Home by Gareth Calway cover design by Marion Catlin
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1991, paperback,70 pages,£4.95
This book ambitiously sets out to address the age old questions:
"Who am I? Where do I come from? Where am I going?" It
is a poetic account of a momentous journey, the ascent of the soul
through creation and human history towards its spiritual destination.
Despite its weighty content, it is written in a clear, accessible
style, using a variety of poetic forms, from ballad, sonnet, villanelle
and Persian ghazal to free verse. The first section, Evolution,
starts with a comet and arrives at the human being. The historical
section, Ghosts, starts with a Roman centurion at the time of Jesus,
to end with a Jewess in Nazi times. And the last section is the
mystical journey towards God, our home.
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The House on the River by Gareth
Calway, illustrated with collages by Lys Flowerday.May 2004
Paperback 44 pages, colour cover, 6 black & white illustrations
£7.50
A tale of history and imagination retracing the story of the Tudor
mansion which houses the King of Hearts. Placed in the context of
Norwich, from the 10th to the 21st century, it is also a reflection
on time, change and eternity represented by the ever-flowing river.
Merchants and mayors, a visiting Queen, a fiery Puritan and Edwardian
shopkeepers are some of the many characters of this colourful pageant.
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Odes to the King of Hearts by Namo, Foreword
by Brian Thorne, Cover design and illustrations by Maggie Bevan
1998, Paperback 60 pages , £4.95
This could be seen as the travel diary of a spiritual journey, which
is about the simple things of everyday life: the tribulations of
trying to live in the world without losing one's inner centre, and
the struggle to reconcile the arguing mind and the stubborn will
with the guidance of the heart.
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The
Return of Inanna, a myth for our time written and illustrated
in woodcuts by Juliet Wimhurst.
1994, Paperback 26 pages, £4.95
Powerful black and white woodcuts illustrate the ancient Sumerian
myth of the descent to hell of Inanna, goddess of the sky, to meet
her sister, goddess of the underworld.This poem puts the richly
symbolic tale in a modern setting and reflects on its relevance
to our present life. It is a woman's journey which passes through
darkness and loss, suffering and rejection, to emerge into the light
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