Title: Michelangelo Can Paint An Angel
Description: Michelangelo can paint an angel William Blake announced, for the Archangel Gabriel had sat next to him and in person told Mr. Blake so. This collection takes inspiration from the legacy of imagination which is the inheritance of all writers. William Blake, Rainer Maria Rilke, John Clare, Emily Dickinson and Ted Hughes are among poets who charge these poems with new departure points as a line of poetry, a portrait, an observation releases the imagination on further journeys. Loss, change and chance are recurring themes but there are moments of unexpected connection and transcendence. Ann Allen started work in publishing. Since her move from London to the Cotswolds she has found time for her own creative writing and this is her first collection of poetry.