Well here’s a surprise. I am changing my first name. As a poet I care deeply about sound and feel names should call out our essence. Christina just didn’t seem a fit.
My name now is: Irene. I love the flow of it, the softness, the openness the vowels bring. I love its sound. I am smiling as I write this. It is my middle name and means peace. Irene Isobel: I love how they ring together.
May You Hear the flower sing. They Wait for us …
WHEN
FLOWERS
SING
A POETRY ANTHOLOGY
Edited by Irene Isobel
A new book by my publishing company,
a thousand flowers books
This poetry odyssey of flowers can give you another path into the primal mystical, miraculous land of flowers. Flowers are given in every aspect of our lives: births, graduations, courtships, weddings, friendships, illnesses, anniversaries, deaths. May time on this poetry path deepen your pleasure, your solace. May it open you more to the munificence of flowers.
“Offering nourishment during troubling times, WHEN FLOWERS SING is a layered poetry anthology about flowers, skillfully edited by Christina Isobel. ”
EVERYDAY
MERMAID
A collaborative Poetry Art Book
Poetry by Irene Isobel
Artwork by Deidre Scherer
A poetic, artistic deep dive into the ordinary. Colors, waves, ripples of sound in words and meaning. Experiences day-to-day visceral contact with nature and the body. Celebrates the feminine and kinship with all life.
PRESS PLAY above to listen to Irene read RECOGNITIONS and click on the image above to see the poem close up.
“I love this book. The poetry and the artwork are pure nourishment for the eye and the ear, the soul and the body. I think of these poems as spiritual in the best sense of the word”
