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    612-822-4611

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Ferry Crossing

Ferry Crossing

Lees, Leila

Paperback

Drawing InstructionGeneral Poetry

ISBN10: 0995139881
ISBN13: 9780995139886
Publisher: Lasavia Publishing
Published: Mar 21 2021
Pages: 62
Weight: 0.12
Height: 0.15 Width: 4.00 Depth: 7.00
Language: English

This little book melds contemplative minimalist poetry with rapid pencil-and-ink sketches. Both words and images were produced sitting on the Waiheke ferry. Both are observatory, almost cursory, and yet manage to convey something deeper- loss, memory, place, transition and discovery.

In 2010 my mother died after a long period of illness with alzheimers. Ferry crossing was written during the time of her dying. It was during this time that I began to draw. My mother was a watercolour artist and I inherited her art materials. I wrote and drew in a small notebook as I travelled on a ferry from Waiheke to Auckland and back. This poem is dedicated to my mother, for her keen observation of nature, her ascetic sense of beauty and her courage.

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