'If you enjoy accessible modern poetry that is both thought-provoking and comforting, this is for you!'
Lily Lawson, the 'non poetry-lovers poet', shares her positive world view in this uplifting third collection of her relatable, contemporary Rainbow series.
' ... these poems purport to focus on the emotions conjured up for the author by the color yellow: happiness and positivity - which they do, but I found a different list of words running through my head as I worked my way through this slim volume: endurance, resilience, and hope tempered with acceptance. Lawson has a way of distilling complex emotions into phrases that stay with the reader.'
'Is the human spirit indefatigable?
I am never sure, but Lily Lawson has gone some way to persuading me in this collection of poems exploring love, hope, the tangled emotions that bind us together, and the beauty of the world if only we open our eyes.
To that extent, the third book in her Rainbow poetry collection is aptly titled "Yellow," that colour evoking sunshine and flowers, happiness and honey.
Yet some of these words will pierce your heart, which is fair; for how do we fully appreciate sunbeams on our faces if we have not experienced dark midnights of the soul?'