Category Archives: Poetry

Anouncing Time on a Greased Toboggan

Laura Harrison McBride has recently completed a new book of dystopian poetry, called Time on a Greased Toboggan. This volume includes several artworks by the author. The volume has been released on Kindle and in print. Two print version are available. One with full colour illustrations and in grayscale for those on a budget .

A sample poem can be found here, along with links to purchase your copy whether it is Kindle or paperback.

Time on a Greased Toboggan Words and Pictures by Laura Harrison McBride

The Luminous Shadow of the Muse

The Luminous Shadow of the Muse, by Laura Harrison McBride.
The Luminous Shadow of the Muse, by Laura Harrison McBride.

Poems of Cornwall and the Atlantic Rim.

The Luminous Shadow of the Muse explores what’s left behind when humans confront their lives…the feelings, hungers, pains, and joys, but beneath it all, the changes begun by everything a person does, and the activities altered by everything a human thinks.

This volume is at times gentle, at times cogent and at times just plain unsentimental as it explores the big and small facets of modern life. It moves through space and time, from the 1950s to now, from the gentle breezes of the Cornish coast to the fug of midtown Manhattan. It assesses marriage, families and the single life. Dogs and horses. Food and drink. It will make you laugh, remember your past, and assess the difficult situations of your life. While the poems are based on one woman’s experience on two continents, the emotions are universal. It is a spiritual journey, from birth to the late years of life. It examines, it suggests, it informs, it delights in the way it uses the majestically malleable English language to cast a beam of light on human life in the noughties.

Out now on Kindle and in print

Cow-Tipping and the Deep Blue Sea

Cow-Tipping and the Deep Blue Sea, by Laura Harrison McBride.
Cow-Tipping and the Deep Blue Sea, by Laura Harrison McBride.

Poems of Cornwall and the Atlantic Rim.

A book of poems and prose poems occasioned by Cornwall, New York City, Key West and other sea-girt places. Reflections, ruminations and revelations.

Out now on Kindle and in print