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Poems by Kathleen Edwards

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My mother loved writing poetry. The most frequent themes are love, for my father Aelwyn, and the other members of her family, her strongly held pacifist beliefs, and her love of exploring the outdoors with Aelwyn, especially on their many trips to Mull. These shine passionately through her poems. Her best friend Elspeth Yule – known to us as Speff – presented Mum and Dad with this beautifully transcribed and delightfully illustrated book of Kathleen’s poems to celebrate their Golden Wedding Anniversary on 25th August 2001.

© Kathleen Edwards and Elspeth Yule 2001

11 responses to “Poems by Kathleen Edwards”

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    Anonymous

    What a wonderful gift and how long must it have taken to write and illustrate.

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      Rik

      Indeed yes. Speff was so patient and so painstaking to make it perfect. Mum was quite overwhelmed to receive it.

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    Anonymous

    Rik “No hard eyed city gent is he” !!

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      Rik

      Heh, well I might have kept different personalities for work and for home…

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    Rik

    This is beautiful and moving. You’d better start on that book! Sue

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      Rik

      Thanks Sue. I’ll do the writing, Debbie can do the calligraphy and art!

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    neale9934da4ec2d0

    That’s beautiful Rik, thanks for sharing it.

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      Rik

      Thanks Susan, I’m glad you liked it.

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    robedwards53

    Ah, Mum. Love her.

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    Anonymous

    Elspeth Yule , former nurse, artist, of Liverpool was my Cousin. It is lovely to see her art shared. I rarely see it in public. Thank you for sharing.

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      Rik

      Wow, I’m so glad you’ve found this, and delighted that you have the opportunity to enjoy Elspeth’s beautiful art. We have several of her watercolours. If you’d like to message me with your email, I’ll send you some photos of them. Speff, as we knew her, was a talented artist and a lovely person.

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