Pine Tree on Silk and a Yellow Linen Chair

by Laraine Kentridge Lasdon

"Pine Tree on Silk and a Yellow Linen Chair" explores with readers, issues that travel through us and occupy the human experience. This Collection delves into universal emotions of a first love, grief, loss of memory and of a beloved parent. The poems also explore ideas of the meaning of freedom for South Africa and the USA, journeys of discovery inspired by biblical stories, and conjures up ideas from cultures spanning from China to India. Underlying her work is a belief that poetry has a moral compass that directs us to the heart of our emotions.