Carys Owen is a writer, educator and nature-lover. She lives on Kwakwaka’waka land on Vancouver Island, Canada with her Smart dog. This is her first poetry collection.
Q&A
What inspired you to write this book?
Most of these poems were written as daily musings and observations of the world. Later I would revisit them and rewrite, tweak or leave them as they began. When I started to look at my work as a whole I saw some themes emerge. Eventually I decided to put this collection together.
What do you hope readers will get from reading your book?
I hope my readers will have their own personal responses to these poems and find some pleasure and comfort in the life-affirming nature of my words.
Why should someone buy your book?
This is a great book to sit and read cover to cover on a rainy day or to have by your bed and read a poem each morning. It is a little piece of creativity to carry around with you and dip into when you feel like a change of pace.
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Carys Owen is a poet, educator, community builder and nature-lover who lives in the Comox Valley. Her office is on the beach, by the river, in the forest, near a mountain.
For several years she has been sharing her poems at readings, community events and in a self-published collection – Into the Ordinary.
Her poetry has been read at conferences and meetings to illustrate the life of various organizations, for example the BC Teacher’s Reading Conference, Ocean Mountain Yoga, Lush Valley Food Action Society and CV Rotary Club. Her poems are regularly featured in Movement Matters, an international online inspirational dance session led by Michael Skelton.
She once published a collection of poetry along the Community Centre Trails of Quadra Island- posting a poem at every fork in the path. It was called ‘Lost in the Woods’. Some people reported being unable to locate all of the poems…
Carys is a co-founder of ‘Artful: The Poets’ who meet once a month to share their poetry at ‘Artful: The Gallery’, Courtenay BC. She is mindful of creating poems that celebrate the wonders of the natural world with the aim of encouraging connection and hope.
Carys Owen Poetry 