Sparrows at the Breakfast Table — Richard Douglas Pennant (hardback)
ISBN: 9781788641579
£10.99
Beautifully observed and written with a lightness and freshness that breathes life through every poem, Sparrows at the Breakfast Table invites us into a place of wonder and love. These family moments, most acute between a grandfather and grandson are filled with gentle humour and deep tenderness. And there is nothing shallow here — these poems are not whimsies, but serious reflections on the bonds we make across generations and how they go on reverberating in memory. In these exquisitely illustrated encounters we find ourselves more able to savour what matters, to value the heart and soul of life. This is an enchanting collection that not only shines a light on our relationship to children, but also invites us to connect again the child within each of us.
Author biography
North Wales born in 1955 Richard Douglas Pennant is very proud of his ancient Celtic roots and heritage. Educated at a variety of schools he also attended two eccentric crammers, one situated for a time in the wing of a castle in the north of Scotland and the other in a converted windmill on the South Sussex coast. He has worked in the independent welfare sector. Seafarers’ welfare work took him to among other places—the Ports of Rotterdam and Singapore in the early 1970s and later he worked with the homeless in Middlesbrough. A man of wide interests, of which writing is one of his passions, he also enjoys drawing, researching ancient history, spiritual philosophy, and (curiously) oilfield history and archaeology. He regularly tours performances of his work with fellow poets and jazz musicians. He has studied under poet and author Ian Gregson and actor and theatre director Robert Bowman. Richard Douglas Pennant is married with two grown up children and shares his time between homes in North Wales and Cyprus.