About the author
James Glassford
James Glassford is a retired physician who has lived an interesting and fulfilling life. He grew up in far northern Ontario, spending his early childhood in a small, isolated village of just thirty-five families. With no road access, travel required taking a spur line of the railway to reach the main line, followed by more than 110 kilometers by rail to the nearest small town with actual roads…
About the Book
One Poet's Journey
a picture Book of Poems
“There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, there is a rapture on the lonely shore, there is a society where non intrudes, by the deep sea, and music in it’s roar:
I love not man the less, but nature more”
-Lord Byron
About the Book
One Poet's Journey
a picture Book of Poems
Volume 2
This poetry book is a collection of thought provoking eco-environmentally themed poems with accompanying imagery. It will encourage the reader to think about appreciate, meditate and perhaps explore the beauty and wonderment of our natural world.
About the Book
Love, Life and Mother Nature
Picture Book of Poems
There is a pleasure in the pathless woods,
There is a rapture in the lonely shore,
There is a society where none intrudes,
By the deep sea and music in its roar:
I love not man the less, but nature more.
– Lord Byron
These poems reflect the healing powers of nature both without and within. It also touches on our native animals and the world from a child’s perspective It can amaze you and comfort you, rejuvenate and rehabilitate you— if you let it.
Discover its powers—read on!
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Testimonials
What a treat and pleasure to read One Poet's Journey. The rhythm, rhyme, structure, and cadence are relaxing and smooth flowing. Precious messages are embedded and imbued within each poem. The photographs add another dimension to the beauty of this world, a miracle that is often taken for granted. The poetry topics have such a wide and varied range that each reading is a truly enjoyable trip. So many truths and blessings are expressed and highlighted as the poetry showcases a love of nature, our Earth, and insights experienced during a journey of life.
Rob McClacherty
your poem is very intense and immense
with the spontaneous flow of emotions
with cause, effect, and motion,
Jawahar Gupta
Lush descriptive writing glorying in the beautiful aspects of a northern lake. Very peaceful and impressive in it's earthly beauty.