Gail Pattemore Sakai hails from Dartmouth, south Devon, but has spent her years away from that exquisitely historic place, returning with a heightened appreciation of the town when she can. South Africa, Japan, and now the US have been home for her since. Belatedly, she has found the writing of poetry as a welcome pleasure and one through which she can draw on experiences from her seventy-eight years in this world.
This narrative is a collection of free verse poems with beautiful words interspersed to form structured lines. The author chooses this style to allow her feelings to flow like a river of words so that the reader can discern her sentiments. She has seventy-seven years of experience that life has offered. Her grief at the loss of loved ones is balanced with her consolation in music and the natural world. Her poems offer tribute to lost loved ones: Emmeline, Raspberry, and Susan, as well as to her two precious grandchildren who bring vivid joy to her life: Alexander and Aila.
