Down Darkened Corridors

by Broken Keys Publishing, Lydia Schoch (Foreword)

"This collection bears testimony to how valiantly Weatherall embarks on an inner journey, mining the darkness in his shadow world and transmuting it into the aesthetic of verse.



"He paints images that are a tangle of anger, guilt, helplessness, wounded childhood to the point of instilling both a sense of discomfort in the reader and of admiration for the courage to come face to face anew with the disturbing past.



"Feels like a jolt to the reader, like a reminder that life is a play that cannot escape from the falling of the final curtain. His verse "..spare the child, spoil the rod" evokes an image of child abuse that sends shivers down one's spine



"Weatherall's dark poetry is like the edge of a knife with which he pries under his own and the reader's comfort zone. Exposing the ominous hum of his own darkness, Weatherall reminds us that only by facing our shadows and shining a light of introspection on them can we expunge them. Chiseling this shadow world into verses, he gives us hope that with lyrical gentleness we can all find self-forgiveness."



Jana Begovic, author of Poisonous Whispers, poet and senior editor at Ariel Chart Literary Journal







"... the philosophical personality emerges from the poet and starkly points out the boring restrictions inherent in social conformity. We learn the "freedom" promoted in congruency is a facsimile destined to morph into a stifling existence for a creative individual."



Mark Antony Rossi,

Ariel Chart International Journal's Editor-in-Chief

20 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 30, 2021

About the author

Publisher, Printer, Imagination-weaver.

A native of Ottawa, Michel Weatherall grew up as an army-brat living in Europe and Germany and has since travelled extensively.

Having over 35 years experience in the print/publishing industry, Broken Keys Publishing & Press has now transitioned into full publication and print media.

Currently titles include,

Poisonous Whispers, by Jana Begovic
Little Dragon, by Jana Begovic
Missing the Exit, by Michael Adubato
Sadness of the Siren, by Samantha Underhill

The Symbiot 30th Anniversary, The Nadia Edition, by Michel Weatherall
Necropolis, by Michel Weatherall
The Refuse Chronicles, by Michel Weatherall
Ngaro's Sojourney, by Michel Weatherall
A Dark Corner of My Soul, by Michel Weatherall


Honours and Awards include

Standing Nominee for the CommunityVotes Ottawa 2022 for Best Printer

Winner of the 2020-21 Faces of Ottawa Awards Best Author (Michel Weatherall)

Ottawa's Top 15 Influential Authors (Michel Weatherall)

Winner of the 2020-2022 Faces of Ottawa Awards Best Publisher (Broken Keys Publishing)

CPACT-NCR Best Publisher Award 2021

Faces of Ottawa 2022 Book of the Year Award (Love & Catastrophe Poetre)

Faces of Ottawa 2021 Book of the Year Award (Thin Places: The Ottawan Anthology)

2020-21 Parliamentary Poet Laureate Standing Nominee

2019 Pushcart Prize Standing Nominee (Poetry)

2019 FEBE Awards Nominee for Creative Arts

2019 CPACT Awards Nominee for Entertainment Excellence (Arts)

2019 CPCAT Awards Nominee for Small Business Excellence (Broken Keys Publishing)

2018-19 Faces of Ottawa Awards Finalist for Favourite Author

Reviews

[Tammy · Rating 5 out of 5]

My favorite in this book of poetry is “Jacob’s Darkness”. In this poem, I found someone who understands my journey through all the ways that religion has impacted my life.