Tonight The Moon is Red E-Book

Virginia McKenna

• Herausgeber: Muswell Press
• Kategorie: Poesie und Drama
• Sprache: Englisch

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2014

Beschreibung

A highly personal collection of poems written by Virginia McKenna, the star of Born Free, recollecting the people, places and animals that have inspired her.

Leseprobe

Tonight the Moon is Red

Virginia McKenna

To my beloved family, to my Born Free family, to my friends and to all the animals who deserve our kindness and respect.

Contents:

Title PageDedicationTonight The Moon Is RedWilderness and WildlifeWhat is the EarthFriendsDarkness Comes AgainRainbow ElephantsRing of Bright WaterOtterWolfThe Fear That Has No NameNature’s MagicTonight the Moon is RedTalkingInterviewDay of RememberingFarewell to FlowersUnfair GameOur LandEverythingTonight the Moon is RedCaptivesThe Darkest DayThe SanctuaryThe Bleeding Heart Baboon in the ZooSolitudeReflectionsLeopardDolphinMemories and ReflectionsJoy RememberedBorn AgainZanskarJust a MemoryMemoriesHighland MagicThe Lightness of BeingFor John and ColetteAnniversaryYoursMetamorphosisFacing the FactsAloneMourningLark AscendingOld AgeSmall Thoughts in SpringBubblesThe FieldCopyright

Tonight The Moon Is Red

There is the honesty of passion in the poetry of Virginia McKenna, openly declared, open-hearted. There is the fire of love, of loyalty and of anger too. This does not make easy reading. Every poem challenges, many hurt us - as they should. We flinch with her at the cruelty and exploitation of innocence, of beauty. We weep with her at the loss and the suffering and the longing.

Yet we can feel, as she does, through it all, the hope and the beauty and the essential goodness in man and we can rejoice with her in this conviction. But we know that it takes people like her, whose life and work is an inspiration to so many, to bring out that goodness; to enable us to make this the best of all possible worlds, for us, our fellow creatures and for the planet itself. She has fought the good fight, and these poems are her battle cries.

Michael Morpurgo OBE, April 2014

Wilderness and Wildlife

Kenya holds some of the memories I most treasure. The ever-changing skies, the smell of earth after rain, the myriad creatures, surviving as they can. And, of course, I always remember the people; their kindness and warmth, and seeing the challenges they face.

But my love of wild and wildlife has no boundaries – Scottish seashores, English forests – no matter where, we must cherish it.