Publisher's Synopsis
The Year the Pear Tree Blossomed is a unique set of poems illustrating different situations of life from 'The Beginner's Book' to 'Life Eternal'. The author's varied yet gentle style is enjoyable, leaving you feeling relaxed and at home. Poems bring vividly to the fore the lives of childhood, teenager, housewife, the coffee shop, the dance, the beggar, and eternal life. The poems reveal the author's deep and personal love of God and include attitudes such as kindness and unforgiveness. Poems are accompanied by his quirky 'scribble drawings' and weaved in and out you see reflections of old Cypriot village life as observed by one who made Cyprus his home. This book was written in memory of, and as a tribute to the author of the poems, Roger James Allen
