Confessions of an Unrepentant Rhymester

About the Book

This book contains 30 pages of poems. Although rhyming poetry is considered by some to be passé, lots of well-read folk still enjoy reading rhymes, limericks, couplets and nonsense poems. Written in plain language, there is nothing hidden or difficult to understand. In fact this book could have been written for people who didn’t think they liked poetry. Although a few of the poems do not rhyme, they do have a definite rhythm and they speak of topics familiar to us all. There are poems to read to children, poems on Halloween, Christmas and Arbor day. There are ghosts, goblins, angels, trolls, toads, dogs, cats, and wet paws. They cover the challenges and joys of country life: births, deaths, separation, adolescence, young love, gravel roads and bad weather. They speak of daisies and lilacs and tamarack trees, logging, fishing, apple picking and gardening. Some poems deal with aging, loss and loneliness, while others celebrate life with exuberance and joy.

About the Author

Wilhelmine Estabrook has written for national magazines, newspapers and CBC-Radio. Her short stories, Cedar Springs, was published by Trafford in 2001. Before writing, she was a secretary and waitress. She picked potatoes, drove a coffee truck, set up a children's art center, welded parts for the Enfield rifle, cared for senior citizens, clerked in a general store, served as usherette at the Duke of York Theatre in St. Martin's Lane, London, England, repaired jewelry at a silver and goldsmith's and sewed costumes for the National Ballet. She lives in rural New Brunswick with her husband, four cats and a dog.