Daughter and Other Poems Charles Chahwan Leslie Thompson’s life was not

Leslie Thompson’s life was not without its tragedies

a psychiatrist in Trinidad

Jad El Hage

In 2009 she received a special commendation from Carol Ann Duffy in the Poetry on the Lake Competition in Italy

Susannah Tarbush: Memory for Forgetfulness by Mahmoud Darwish

Daughter and Other Poems Charles Chahwan Leslie Thompson’s life was notThe long awaited re release of Jessie Lendennie's prose poem Daughter, first published over a decade ago, and accompanied in this volume by a selection of Lendennie's previously uncollected poems. "This is an ambitious poetic statement. It attempts to get at the initial shadows and regrets which are so formative, finally, on the imagination. Its use of language is eloquent and concentrated and its juxtapositions are often daring. Jessie Lendennie