The Boy Lost in the Maze

Overheard in a Tower Block

Courage Out Loud: Volume 3 25 Poems of Power (Poetry to Perform)

Our Tower

Creeping Beauty: Fairy Tales Gone Bad

A Year of Nature Poems

The Secret of the Ancient Artifact

The Girl Scouts in Beechwood Forest

Daphne is unbearably sad and adrift. She feels the painful loss of her father acutely and seeks solace both in the security of her local library and the escape her phone screen provides by blocking out the world around her. As Daphne tries to make sense of what has happened she recalls memories of shared times and stories past, and in facing the darkness she finds a way back from the tangle of fear and confusion, to feel connected once more with her friends and family. The Girl Who Became a Tree sees Joseph Coelho deploy a wide variety of poetic forms with consummate skill in its narration of events. He seamlessly but searingly weaves together the ancient legend of Daphne, who was turned into a tree to avoid the attentions of the god Apollo, and a totally modern tale, mixing real-life and fantasy, in which a latter-day Daphne seeks her own freedom. This is a heart-stoppingly imaginative story told in poems, at times bleak and even tragic, which is layered, rich and ultimately a tour de force of poetic skill and energy.

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The Boy Lost in the Maze

Kate Milner, Joseph Coelho, 2022

Overheard in a Tower Block

Joseph Coelho, Kate Milner, 2017

Courage Out Loud: Volume 3 25 Poems of Power (Poetry to Perform)

Joseph Coelho, 2021

Our Tower

Joseph Coelho, 2022

Creeping Beauty: Fairy Tales Gone Bad

Joseph Coelho, 2022

A Year of Nature Poems

Joseph Coelho, Kelly Louise Judd, 2019

The Secret of the Ancient Artifact

Marcel Prins, Peter Henk Steenhuis, Watkinson Laura, 2011

The Girl Scouts in Beechwood Forest

Margaret Vandercook, 2018