My Second Book of Poetry

 

On June 23, 2022 I self-published my second book of poetry.

This book continues in the same vein as my earlier one, Discoveries In The Dark, in which I wrote:  

Each one of us is born from the dark and returns to the dark.

I would suggest as well that we live our lives in the dark.  By this I mean that we, as strangers in this world, spend our time trying to understand what to make of everything.  Our life-spans are not very long for us to explore what life is and how to navigate it.

In Longing For The Light,  I continue to explore our condition of stumbling in the dark. We long for a lighted path.

Both books contain short poems, often accompanied by nature photographs that I have taken.

They are available as eBooks on Amazon and can be found by clicking on the links:  

Discoveries In The Dark; Longing For The Light.

I've Published a Book of Poetry

 

"Discoveries in the Dark

Each one of us is born from the dark and returns to the dark.  

I would suggest as well that we live our lives in the dark.  By this I mean that we, as strangers in this world, spend our time trying to understand what to make of everything.  Our life-spans are not very long for us to explore what life is and how to navigate it. 

Throughout my life I have tried to get by as best as I could while sometimes negotiating deep, dark periods.  In the whole process I have made discoveries that have been small illuminations and have been significant enough to prompt me to express my thoughts and feelings in poetry.  

This book is a collection of some of those discoveries."

I recently self-published "Discoveries In The Dark" which is a book of sixty-five poems that I have written over the years.  It was a labour of love and a way for me to reveal feelings that have remained unexpressed for a long time.  Some of the poems are very personal whereas others are observations of the wonders of nature.  Here is an example of the latter.

I'll Know No Better Moment

Alone in nature's quiet woods

I sit in melancholy thought

and feel a soft wind blowing.

 

I turn and see there stands a fox -

his amber eyes are fixed on mine.

 

I’ll know no better moment.

And with a thrill, I see

through amber eyes as well.

 

And feel a change of gravity

and share his light-footed trot.

2019

© Doris Potter

Check this out!  I was #51 on Amazon's best seller list for Canadian Poetry, thereby beating out Leonard Cohen's book at #53!

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Ok, I have no idea why that happened and now I am at #535 but, wow, those 15 minutes of fame were delightful!! :-)

Sold on Amazon.com here

Squirrels of the World

I was recently notified that I have had four photographs published in a book entitled "Squirrels of the World" by Richard W. Thorington Jr., John L. Koprowski, Michael A. Steele, and James F. Whatton.  It is published by the John Hopkins University Press.

The selected photographs are of a Gunnison's Prairie Dog, a Hopi Chipmunk, a White-tailed Antelope Squirrel and an Eastern Chipmunk and are shown below respectively:

I am very pleased to have contributed to this comprehensive book!