The Roundwood Gardening Group's Poet in Residence, Susan Carberry, will be reading from her recently published collection, 'Eternal Ephemera', in the Roundwood Park Cafe area tomorrow lunchtime.
The event marks a one hundred sales of the book which is on sale at the cafe for £5. Funds raised will be donated to the gardening club.
Susan says:
By purchasing this booklet, you will have help to support the work of the Roundwood Gardening Group, a collection of local - and not so local - volunteers who give up their time every week to support the full-time gardeners. The members not only help with the maintenance of Roundwood Park's beautiful flora, but also give valuable support to each other. Everyone gains much from the exercise, social interaction, banter and belonging.
The event runs from 12.15pm until 1pm.
ROUNDWOOD PARK...
...is a silent world with
steaming mists rising
from rain-swollen ponds
Is this Paradise? I ask,
but question and
answer are lost in
dragonflies' wings droning
loud as a passing storm
My canine companion,
thunder-growl spooked,
holds his head high,
his eyes ee all,
his nose quivers
at exciting new scents.
the park is recovering
its sensual persona.
The sun comes out
warming this oasis
in the heart of London.
Roundwood Park,
storm-battering over,
rises from the deluge:
once more a haven,
sanctuary for all.
Susan Carberry
[Roundwood Park published with permission. It is the author's intellectual property]
