envy
solitary
ready to pounce
to sever fragile wings
gorge on innocence
The hole in the wall
A little boy looks into a dry stone wall and imagines who might inhabit it. Poem with illustrations. A6 softback (postcard size) 24 pages.
Words and illustrations by Ann Perrin
Produced by The Dry Stone Walling Education ProjectThe Puppeteers Daughter
The poems explore the complexity of life as the daughter of marionette makers and performers. There are poems concerned with life, love and loss, also the seaside, artists, allotments and the eccentricities of life.
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Ann’s poetry covers the big topics of love and death with originality. Take for instance the title poem which is full of surprises yet also wonderfully poignant.
Ann Perrin 
I liked this Ann though envy is a difficult topic. I experienced a lot of envy from my mother when I was younger and I had never thought it as ‘severing fragile wings’ and ‘gorging on innocence’ although thinking back that is in fact what probably happened. Thanks for encapsulating so beautifully in language.