Nancy Charley

Poems about life in all its fullness and variety. Sometimes life is calm and still, more often it appears we are running to keep up. This series of poems explores how life can take us by surprise and how we can never be sure what to expect. Each title has been moved to the bottom of its poem - a a small act of resistance or as a link between one poem and its neighbour?

How does a house become a home? What tales do we spin of the buildings we have lived in? In this book, the author has a poem for each of her homes, each one revealing a secret about that time in the poet's life. This poet also loves to craft. So, along with her poems of home are pictures of homely creations.

Grace Notes reflects a lifetime's consideration of how grace calls and responds. Playful, wide-ranging, provocative and restorative, these poems point to the sacredness of the everyday. In this new collection, Nancy Charley explores different forms of poetry in a jubilee (50) of poems.

This book is the unexpected result of a 6-week residency at the Little Blue Hut on Tankerton Slopes on the North Kent coast. Nancy Charley's aim was to study colour and write poetry. However, she discovered much more and The Sea Changes was born. The book has scientific explanations rubbing shoulders with personal observations, anecdote, literature, folklore and history. Joy and wonder colour The Sea Changes.

From Apprentice to Journeywoman - these poems and photographs reflect some of the steps and some people met along the way...

Ramsgate is one of the most deprived areas in south-east England. However, all is not hopelessness. This poetic play bears homage to the resilience of people 'living on the edge'.

Patricia's Box is the script for a one woman show about two women - Pat and Tricia. Pat lives in the box liking pat answers. Tricia prefers to stay out of the box. But maybe they are really the same woman?

Eavesdropping is a script for a ten minute 'duet' poetry performance. It takes a lighthearted look at relationships, their making, decline, and remaking. Devised and written by Nancy Charley, it draws on her own poetry, and that of Jeremy Langrish and Jenny Macrey. Nancy's selection of poems are appended to the script in their original form. Eavesdropping has been performed by Ambigram in 2011

Church - it is often thought of as an ancient bulding in some city centre or rural village. In this book Nancy Charley invites you to consider what church is really about - to move away from preconsidered ideas and look with fresh eyes. Through a range of 'b' pictures - Body, Birds, Butterflies, Bride and Babies she shares possibilities for a church that could be really relevant for our everyday lives.