AN AUTHOR from Worcester who was the county's poet laureate has a new collection of work being published.
Lore: Flowers, Folklore, and Footnotes is the collection that bloomed from Dr Charley Barnes’ year as Worcestershire Poet Laureate, 2019-2020.
During her time in the role, Charley borrowed from folkloric stories around the county to inform her writing, while also using tales of plantlore and flowerlore, to look at the histories of names, medicines and more. For every poem that holds a story, Charley has marked it with a footnote to enrich readers’ experiences by sharing her own inspiration.
Lore will be published on February 14, by Black Pear Press, and Charley plans to hold a digital launch (via Zoom) to mark the occasion.