The Lighter Side of the Lockdown - Charity Poetry Book

The Lighter Side of the Lockdown

Poems by Linda Marie Augood, Kathryn Bryant, Vee Pond and Carol Saunders

Publishing 30 May 2020, Price £5 plus £1.80 p+p. Published by Paul Dickson Books  

£3 from each purchase will be donated to the N and N Hospitals Charity in aid of ICU at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals Foundation Trust 

This collection of poems has been written by four friends, all self isolating in Norwich during the Covid-19 Coronavirus pandemic.

Vee Pond was the first to start writing, to help lift her spirits during the lockdown. She posted her poems on Facebook, aiming to put a smile on the faces of her followers. Her poems inspired three of her friends, Linda Marie Augood, Kathryn Bryant and Carol Saunders to start writing as well. 

Vee approached me in April to ask if I would publish the peoms and sell the booklet in aid of the NHS. 

The poems give a lighter view of living in the lockdown, as the writers overcome their domestic frustrations and the day to day lockdown routine. But they also pay tribute to our front line workers who have kept the country going. The last poem in the booklet particularly pays tribute to our NHS heroes. There's also a poem about Captain, now Colonel Tom Moore and his fantastic NHS fundraising success.

Thanks go to Rebecca Osborne, who created the Captain Tom illustrations, for drawing the illustrations for this booklet and to Brendan Rallison, designer, for his support.

To order The Lighter Side of the Lockdown, go to the Paul Dickson shop at Allthingsnorfolk.com, or send a cheque for £6.80 (includes p+p) made out to Paul Dickson, to Paul Dickson Books, 8 Bridge Court, Fishergate, Norwich NR3 1UE