"Old Pond" by Dónall Dempsey
Donall transmutes Basho's famous haiku "Old Pond" into "Old Blonde" and explores a frog's reactions to various visitors to his pond in 19 versions, each with an illustration (b&w) An unusual, lively, inventive take on a traditional Japanese poem.
"Recital" by Dónall Dempsey
Dónall Dempsey's poems are collections of bric-a-brac from the shores of life - if it happens, it gets washed up here, in these 17 poems.
"It was Dark When They Met" by Janice Windle
Meetings, partings and what might have been meetings. Some surreal, some joyful, some despairing cries. 18 poems.
Paper back books
"Staying Alive" by Janice Windle
26 poems about being a daughter and a mother. Funny, moving and poignant by turns but never sentimental, this collection speaks of the life of a woman in the twentieth and twentiy-first centuries.
Welcome to Dónall Dempsey's and Jan Windle's publishing site. We are a small team - Dónall is the creative brain, Jan is the technical assistant. We aim to publish our collections of our work at affordable prices and we also offer short editions of special handmade illustrated books that you won't find anywhere else.
- Listen to us, read our poems and watch videos of our performances at
- www.myspace.com/counterpointpoetry;
- Youtube and our blogs:
- blogs.myspace.com/donalldonall and
- blogs.myspace/janatartwork4udotcom
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Jan's Journal (an occasional blog) is at janicewindle.blogspot.com
and her original paintings are at www.janwindle.com