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When the planet went into lockdown, many who create for a living or for fun or as part of childhood found themselves being funneled into new ways of expression. Whether it was by design or the path of least resistance or by strict and enforced measures, the mind, we started to see, might adapt and evolve in many astonishing ways, for she needs to keep busied and purposeful.
I contacted friends, who in turn put out the word that there was an open forum, without specifications, without age limits; a blank page for those who wanted it. Seasoned and cynical poets, wanted hackers on the run, novelists, fathers, mothers, rock stars, grieving friends, ramblers, pals, big mouths, more shy types, Germans, and young uns. Welcome, all. Thank you, all.
This is your book.
When you are asked one chilly night far in the future, "Grampa/Nana, what did you do during the plague?"
You might rub your hands in front of a warm hearth, smile, chuckle and declare, "I was a poet."
The proof of this you now hold in your hands.
Ian Thornton
IAN THORNTON has lived in a number of places including California, Costa Rica, Australia, Mexico, London, and his native Yorkshire before moving to Toronto in 2009. Ian earned a First Class BA (Hons) at Sheffield University, and worked for Broadcast, TV World, and Variety magazines. He is a co-founder of the global television industry publisher, C21 Media. He covered the Royal wedding in London for CTV, and has recently written for Wisden Cricketer, the Guardian, the Hindu, and the Soho House magazine, House. He also wrote on the football World Cup in South Africa for the Score, and has worked for Queen's University in Ontario, where his project was presented at the White House as part of President Obama's new media initiative. Ian is the official biographer of the Compton cricket club in California, and has been a judge on the largest Latin American film festival, Expresion en Corto. He also edited and wrote for the leading San Miguel de Allende tourist guide and website, Portal San Miguel. Ian resides in Toronto with his wife Heather Gordon and their children, Laszlo and Clementine.
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