Images & Poetry - by David Agnew.

David is currently developing and delivering therapy utilizing Images and Poetry.

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Reviews - of David Agnew's Poetry.

Christina Hardyment hears poetry in the poet's voice (The Times Book Supplement Saturday 20th June 2006)
"Poetry on tape or CD comes in all sorts of forms. ... Among the best anthologies by a variety of actors with contrasting voices are Naxos's definitive recordings of unabridged Chaucer (most recently The General Prologue and the Physician's Tale ... and BBC Audiobooks' 25 year anniversary edition of Poetry Please.... Interesting, too, are the British Library's historic recordings of readings by poets as long dead as Tennyson and Yeats.

Today poets both major and minor ensure their own immortality by reading their work. Bloodaxe's Quartets ... work very well. Kathleen Jamie, Brenden Kennelly and Elizabeth Jennings all feature. Equally attractive is the American Poetry Speaks series.... The first of the series had great poets reading their own work ranging from Tennyson to Sylvia Plath. Their new release Poetry Speaks to Children.... is in a similar format, but is read by a mixture of poets and often notable narrators. So it can include gems like Basil Rathbone reading Poe's The Raven among such wonderful own read material as Roald Dahl reading The Dentist and The Crocodile, Tolkien reading Frodo's Song in Bree and Robert Frost reading Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening. A similar approach has been taken by Leeds poet David Agnew, who's arresting reflections on his own journey through life Walking into Eternity ... is accompanied by a CD of the poems ... Life Lines: Poets for Oxfam ... is the marathon of all such own reads. The brain of Todd Swift, it brings together sixty nine modern poets for one day to read one of their poems.".

Jane Sleven writes, (Addiction Today - May/June 2007)
"The book and accompanying CD chart the author’s journey from the despair of rock-bottom addiction, through the pain and out the other side to recovery. Anyone with experience of addiction or who works in the field of recovery will find insight, comfort, truth and laughter here. Agnew’s short, sparse verse gets straight to the point as he describes the highways and byways of life, addiction and recovery. His rich Irish voice contains every emotion, dark depth and joyful height, as he journals the early days of emerging from despair. The message is clear: it is hard, it is tough but keep going, persevere, do the work and trust - you will come through. He unfolds his journey into recovery, the glimpses of something better, and growing hope as his strength and health return. The message changes as his life expands from a simple yearning for freedom from addiction into a richer full life, with all its highs and lows, one day at a time. To be moved and re-inspired as a professional, or on your own personal journey, I recommend this book and CD wholeheartedly. The CD is particularly relevant for people early in recovery who might struggle with the written word."

Jane Bluett sees Signposts on the road to Recovery, (Lapidus Quarterly - Sprung/Summer 2007)
"David Agnew began writing poetry in 2005. Walking into Eternity is his first book and the accompanying CD provides us with the opportunity of hearing David read his work. His voice is what catches you first, the soothing melodic Northern Irish tone that is at once memorable and listenable. He reads his poetry very well in a manner that is wholly appropriate to its content.

Walking into Eternity is the story of a spiritual journey on the road from Hope to Self Love. David takes us through the signposts that have guided him on his journey and the moments of realisation that have brought him so far down his own road.

As David says on his web site "We all follow a similar road, wherever we begin." and I agree with him that his work will strike many chords with those who, likewise, find themselves on a road to recovery. Listening to the CD gives the listener comfort, realisation of a shared experience and time to reflect on our own journeys. Above all it affirms that, wherever we may be on our own road, we are seldom there alone. "