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Patricia Reynolds with her new poetry book ‘That’s Life’
Haggardstown drama teacher Patricia Reynolds launched her new poetry book ‘That’s Life’ last Saturday in Jackie’s Restaurant on the Dublin Road to a packed audience of family and friends.
Local historian and poet Noel Sharkey launched the event by giving the audience a brief overview of a selection of poems from ‘That’s Life’.
Past members of the Reynolds Academy of Performing Arts (RAPA), Patricia’s stage performance school, supported Patricia by reading her poems and the launch concluded with Patricia reading her final poem ‘That’s Life’ which closes her journey and moves forward with joy, happiness and excitement.
At the launch event Patricia said: “The poems cover different situations and emotions which reflect real life and are a combination of my own life’s living and the experiences of people I have met along the way.
“Often, I see or feel intensely about a scene, a happening, or a story I have heard and I write a poem about it. There is a lot of imagery in my poetry and hopefully when people read the poems, they will be able to sense a picture for themselves.”
That’s Life consists of 24 poems ranging from anorexia, love, suicide, both from the victim’s view point and also from the family left behind. There is joy, blame, birth and death culminating in a new beginning and excitement racing onward and toward a new life. The message at the front of the book reads, ‘Everyone who has lived comes with baggage. The trick is in learning how to unpack!
That’s Life is Patricia’s fifth book to date. Her first two books Showcase 1 & 2 are plays for children written specifically for the classroom with up to 15 to 30 parts for players from 4-17 yrs of age and is available via www.dramabooks.ie Her third and fourth book ‘Trish the Witch’ Book 1 & 2 is aimed at children aged 6 to 10 yrs.
That’s Life is a beautiful poetry book and is available for purchase at a cost of €10 at Carroll’s Bookshop, Longwalk Shopping Centre, Dundalk and Carroll’s Books, Park Street, Dundalk. Alternatively you can purchase online via www.rapadrama.com or email Patricia directly at info@rapadrama.com
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