New Releases Coming Soon: A Time for All Seasons
A Time for All Seasons
by Sharleen A. McCorrister
A Time For All Seasons offers insight to gentle thoughts of Spring, warmth of sunny summer days, foreshadowing the solitude that Autumn brings and the grip of Winter. Sharleen brings each season alive by breathing life into nature and portraying textures that invite each to claim as their own.
As the reader wanders from season to season, they will find a special moment to embrace. The senses come alive in each poem making one want to pause, hold the moment and seek emotions wakened through words. This collection offers a variety of poems written to appeal to every personality.
“Poetry that passes through the doors of the heart in an effortless arrival at one's soul.”
- M. Davidowitz
“Creative and inspirational with a touch of longing.”
- P.W. Rath
“Echoes of pathetic fallacy, both haunting and beautiful.”
- L. Waddington
A Time for All Seasons is the first book of a series coming from Sharleen McCorrister, the sequel, soon to be released and following this collection, titled, The Death Whisperer, will chronicle the author's experiences, poetry, and anedotes of being a Death Doula.
The Death Whisperer
by Sharleen A. McCorrister
The sequel and follow up to Sharleen McCorrister's A Time for All Seasons, The Death Whisperer will chronicle the author's experiences, poetry, and anedotes of being a Death Doula.
For there is season for all things, including death.
Sharleen McCorrister is an independent educational consultant working in both the public and private sector of the Ontario Education System since 2019. She has been involved in Early Childhood Education since 1985 and has been a dedicated Montessori Casa Directress for the past 26 yrs.
Volunteer work is very much a core aspect of her life. Having worked as a volunteer since a young teenager; she has served two local hospitals on the geriatric wards, worked in home care for the elderly and is completing her Death Doula Training with the Home Hospice Association. She is a volunteer at the Ruddy Shenkman Hospice in Kanata.
She has published a book of children’s poetry, The Tao of Fey, and has had a poem featured in the Award-winning Faces of Ottawa Book of the Year 2022 anthology of Ottawa poets, Love & Catastrophe Poetrē.
She enjoys gardening, travelling the world, reading and is an avid baker. Ms. McCorrister resides in the Ottawa area.