The Faerie Door (Paperback)

This is Will Melnyk's fourth volume of poems, following Druidsong, The Promise of all Living, and Ukraina. The poems in this volume were written mostly in 2012 for his weblog, Laird William & Lady Glyn of Glencoe. Some few are substantially revised from earlier works. The poems are divided into two sections: Poems from the Secret Garden at RavenOak, and Poems from Iona and Glencoe Wood. RavenOak is Melnyk's Pennsylvania farmhouse home. Some of the lines in this section are inspired by life in the RavenOak gardens, some by stories in Melnyk's novels written there, and some are reflections upon life in general. The isle of Iona off the west coast of Scotland was his beloved retreat for many years. The Same Old Hill and Glory on Iona are reprinted here from among the many Iona poems in The Promise of all Living. In 2012, Will and his wife, Glyn, purchased souvenir plots of land in Glencoe Wood between Oban and Fort William, joining in the conservation of Highland Titles in the reforestation of the area with native hardwoods. This adventure inspired the Glencoe poems in this section. Appropriate for the Laird William & Lady Glyn weblog, three of the poems in this section are whimsical, perhaps more so than a reader might expect from such a volume. But they speak to the fun of being a Highland Titles Laird, and a lover of the Highlands, and so are included. Readers are invited to visit: www.LairdWilliam.com www.HighlandTitles.com