Hope, Beauty and Friendship
John Angus Walker-Smith
This selection of poems by a new author was triggered by the tragic death of his 28-year-old daughter. So the collection begins with loss and the aftermath of loss: the hope of the author that his daughter and he may be reunited in the life to come. This hope underlies many of the poems. This is clearly articulated in ‘Osler and Son’, where a father grieves for loss of his son in World War I but in a stoical, unexpressed manner.
The author records his childhood experience of emotions being held back in ‘Boys Don’t Cry John’. While some poems look back, most are contemporary, such as those inspired by the lockdown and the Ukraine War.
The author advocates expression of feelings. This is powerfully expressed in relation to his experience of Friendship, both past and present. Transcendental beauty is a theme in the metaphysical poems ‘The Colour Blue’ and ‘Roman Glass’.
However, each poem is unique. Many of them speak from the heart and have an emotional impact. The author hopes that these will resonate with readers.
Duration - 1h 2m.
Author - John Angus Walker-Smith.
Narrator - John Angus Walker-Smith.
Published Date - Friday, 12 January 2024.
Copyright - © 2023 Austin Macauley Publishers ©.
Location:
United States
Description:
This selection of poems by a new author was triggered by the tragic death of his 28-year-old daughter. So the collection begins with loss and the aftermath of loss: the hope of the author that his daughter and he may be reunited in the life to come. This hope underlies many of the poems. This is clearly articulated in ‘Osler and Son’, where a father grieves for loss of his son in World War I but in a stoical, unexpressed manner. The author records his childhood experience of emotions being held back in ‘Boys Don’t Cry John’. While some poems look back, most are contemporary, such as those inspired by the lockdown and the Ukraine War. The author advocates expression of feelings. This is powerfully expressed in relation to his experience of Friendship, both past and present. Transcendental beauty is a theme in the metaphysical poems ‘The Colour Blue’ and ‘Roman Glass’. However, each poem is unique. Many of them speak from the heart and have an emotional impact. The author hopes that these will resonate with readers. Duration - 1h 2m. Author - John Angus Walker-Smith. Narrator - John Angus Walker-Smith. Published Date - Friday, 12 January 2024. Copyright - © 2023 Austin Macauley Publishers ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
Duration:00:00:13
Introduction
Duration:00:02:00
Loss
Duration:00:00:48
Butterfly
Duration:00:00:26
The Wedding
Duration:00:01:25
Butterflies
Duration:00:00:25
Spring
Duration:00:01:01
Love Remembered: Two Years On
Duration:00:00:37
My Nephew
Duration:00:00:44
Funeral Days
Duration:00:00:51
Her Birthday
Duration:00:00:37
Motet: O Lord My Hope and Strength
Duration:00:01:02
Time and Memory
Duration:00:02:17
My Wife
Duration:00:00:43
Goodbye
Duration:00:00:50
Our Son
Duration:00:00:32
My Sister
Duration:00:00:47
My Cousin
Duration:00:00:40
The Day My Mother Died
Duration:00:01:01
Tavistock Square
Duration:00:01:37
Death and Resurrection in Dresden
Duration:00:01:16
Twenty Thousand to Go
Duration:00:01:09
Names upon the Wall
Duration:00:02:03
Osler and Son
Duration:00:01:07
Suffer Little Children
Duration:00:01:53
Consultant and Child
Duration:00:01:02
Grandson
Duration:00:01:28
Closing Casualty
Duration:00:00:54
A Lamentation
Duration:00:01:21
Love and Death
Duration:00:01:38
Thou
Duration:00:00:37
Triumph
Duration:00:00:37
Martyr Bishop
Duration:00:01:15
A Priest Now
Duration:00:00:52
Chapel of the Savoy
Duration:00:01:07
The Poet
Duration:00:00:56
The Queen
Duration:00:00:38
Trooping the Colour 2006
Duration:00:00:47
Cynicism
Duration:00:00:33
Thanjk You, Ma'am
Duration:00:01:00
First Glimpse of Home
Duration:00:00:54
England
Duration:00:01:10
In Paradisum
Duration:00:00:55
Byron in Venezia
Duration:00:00:47
A Doctor Reflects after Visiting Auschwitz 2009
Duration:00:00:39
So Many Loves
Duration:00:00:30
A Pure Heart
Duration:00:01:04
Airport 1
Duration:00:00:24
Two Candles
Duration:00:00:49
You
Duration:00:00:25
Together Then
Duration:00:00:35
Words
Duration:00:00:40
The Rainbow
Duration:00:00:26
Now
Duration:00:00:21
The Photographs
Duration:00:00:44
A Troubled Friend
Duration:00:00:54
Don't Cry, John
Duration:00:00:41
Outsider Boy
Duration:00:00:35
Trapped
Duration:00:00:30
Your Dog and You
Duration:00:00:32
Your Dog Has Gone
Duration:00:00:26
Good Friday at a Time of Corona
Duration:00:01:15
My Daughter Now
Duration:00:00:57
Christmas at a Time of Corona
Duration:00:01:04
Deliver Us from Evil in a Time of Corona
Duration:00:01:09
A Friend at a Time of Corona
Duration:00:01:08
Roman Glass
Duration:00:01:05
The Colour Blue
Duration:00:01:02
Closing Credits
Duration:00:00:14