Books by Josephine Chadwick

Kaleidoscope: Selected Poems are sketches of people and places that have left a deep impression with author Josephine Chadwick. Her poetry collection was written over the last twenty-five years, and most of the 24 poems each fit on less than a page.“I worked in a government employment exchange from leaving school to getting married, and have always lived in the North of England. I moved from Manchester to Sheffield, when I married a steelworker.“We brought up six children and I have always been happy as a homemaker and mother. I live very happily in a garden suburb on the border of a national park. I like music and books and the theatre.“My late husband and I used to go rambling, but I can't walk far now. This is my first book and my last!”Breaking FreeCame an exotic bird to my quiet bowerAsked: Is there anywhere you’d rather be?You could see birds of paradise, rare flowersOr explore coral reefs beneath the sea.I’ll fly you anywhere … say MandalayOr sail around the timeless isles of GreeceRevel in the excitement of BombayOr in Tibet find spiritual peace.So! All the world to choose from – how surreal!Kaleidoscopic, spins your head round. I tried imagininghow it would feel …Someone like me who needs family around. Fear of the unknown led me to refuseAnd restless now I sit bemused.