From family winter cerebrations, to childhood memories, lost love, the sweetness of spring and the hope a new summer on the horizon can bring. To barbecues, socialising with family and friends, sporting events and festivals.
From dark nights, autumn leaves falling and snow not so far away, this new collection of poetry stretches across all these themes and more, reliving the moments that we capture in our mind's eye and experiencing events that have no time to stand still. You will be taken full circle to your favourite moments and years, where these poems will comfort, warm and inspire you.
'Patrick Mooney's latest collection covers many topics - life in his home city of Hereford, friendship, family, love and death - which he explores with curiosity and compassion. He approaches his subjects with characteristic warmth and good humour to create a heartfelt set of thought-provoking poems.'
Sara-Jane Arbury, Tutor for Ledbury Poetry Festival Community Programme
Patrick took up creative writing just over ten years ago, specialising in poetry after becoming the first ever winner of the 'Selina Trotman' prize for poetry 2012. With his poem The Lost Voice (based on a true story), resulting in his first poetry book, In a Word, being published in 2013. Patrick has been writing on a regular basis ever since and was a member of the Ledbury poetry writing group for six years. He has performed his own poetry at the Ledbury Poetry Festival and open mic nights and poetry slams in Hereford, Leominster and Cardiff. Patrick has completed two travel journals, based in the USA and Europe, and a children's book, Down on the Lake; Be Careful of Falling Rocks is the completion of his second collection of poetry, and he is also currently developing a collection of ten short stories. At the beginning of 2017, he thought about returning to his first creative medium art, resulting in taking on a studio at The Apple Store Gallery in Hereford, in December that same year, while continuing to write on a regular basis. Patrick now also does all his creative writing at his studio and has completed a number of collage art works, resulting in taking on his commission last year. Patrick also paint in acrylic, draws in pencil, in colour and black and white.
Michael Amos has worked on a range of books and illustrations. First starting his career as the main writer for Age of Shurikens, an online RPG, to then working at Penryn Press a cornish publisher, he has also worked as a freelance editor, illustrator and publisher for The Truth will Set you Free, This is Your Time, Tyrannosaurus but not If, and many other projects. He is now focusing on building Sleepy Lion Publishing to provide a high quality and personal approach to each author's publishing process.
