Crenellations

by Ann B. Keller

Crenellations is a marvelous collection of poetry that will enchant and inspire the reader to the greatest of human emotions. This is a seamless journey from the mist-enshrouded hills of Scotland to the peace of the Cathedral at York, from the mysterious Stonehenge to the sparkling vision of a fairy bower, and from dragons and wizards to the simplest of Earth’s creatures. May this journey be but the first step as we stride the path of greater knowledge, embracing all that we are and all that we may some day become.

Genres: Poetry

156 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2009

About the author

Currently working on an exciting audio drama entitled LUSTRIAS. This is quite an epic. Think a futuristic Lord of the Rings and you'd be pretty close! Check it out at http://www.greenmoonprod.com.

I have been writing novels, poetry, and screenplays for over forty years.
BRIGGEN, my third release, is an exciting science fiction/fantasy that will have you perched on the very edge of your seat until you turn the final page.

In addition, I am a veteran of the stage, singing and starring in the lead role as the tomboyish Princess Winifred in Once Upon a Mattress, which gained me an invitation to audition for the Metropolitan Opera in New York. I have received the National Thespian Award and has appeared in numerous additional theater productions in New York, Michigan and Maryland, including The Admirable Crichton, The Crucible and The Pajama Game.

Reviews

[Ann Keller · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is my first poetry collection, an enchanting journey from the moors of England to the rocky crags of Scotland, from fairy bower to crenellated tower, and from the fairest heart through the passage time. Come, read this marvelous collection of poems, which will bring a sigh of recollection and a smile to every face.

[A.F. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Crenellations by Ann B. Keller is an interesting mixture of poetry, with some compelling visual imagery. Each rhyme is a story told in poetry form, and takes the reader through an enchanting and varied journey.

The poems range in topic from ageless fantasy and history to quiet ruminations on nature and life. I found the tone old-fashioned and lyrical, in the grand tradition of a bard. It is a bursting world, full of musings on fair maidens, knights, castles, myths, innocence, flora, family, love and God. The author seems to be channelling, with great aplomb, the spirits of poets past.

There are no avant-garde poems in the book’s pages, simply odes to the time-honoured forms of poetry.

Personally, I would have liked to have seen a bit more structure in the format, perhaps with the poems categorized, but this quibble certainly does not detract from the delight taken in the reading of the poetry or the skill of the poet.

Crenellations is a picturesque and comforting book of poetry and I greatly recommend it.