A Garden of Monsters Vol. II

“So today class, we’re going to study poetry.”

Like many other school kids, I remember the day my English teacher said those fateful words. I was the one who groaned the most and drew the teacher’s attention.

“I’m sure you’ll grow to love it, Andrew!” She said with aspersion.

Little did I realise that day how much poetry would change my life. When I did write my first poem I realised I had found a way to finally say all the things I could never say. Poetry became not only my release but also a way for me to deal with my pent up and unaddressed issues.

This book, like its predecessor, is a safari through those issues, some serious, some not, and some downright ridiculous.

Stand back, lift your head and take time to consider. Stop to smell the flowers before we die and they wither.