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Dawning - Photopoetry To Revive Your Soul Born from instinct, not instruction. Just a pull to capture what I saw with my Canon R8, And a heart full of curiosity. Over two years have passed Since my photopoetry book Journeying was launched, Still, no dictionary could find the word 'photopoem'. But when has definition ever defined art? I married pixels to poetry, Letting image and word hold hands- Sometimes to comfort, sometimes to challenge, Always to heal. This book is not just pages. It is breath. It is balm. It is one image, one poem, For every week of the year- To hold, to wander through, to return to When the world feels too loud. In its quiet corners, May you find yourself again.

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Of all the world's scarce natural resources, it is sky that seems most at risk. We build upwards and outwards and block out horizons. We place windows in our rooves but position our houses beside trees or next to a higher crop of houses so all we see are tree-tops or other rooves. LED street lighting ensures we can't see the true colour of a night-sky. When outside, our gaze is trapped ever downwards by the devices we strap to our wrists or plug into our ears. We are never still. We never pause long enough to simply look, to pay attention, to notice. Siobhan's second volume of photo-poetry, comprising 52 photographs and accompanying poems, asks, no demands, that we pause and look. The photos are full of skies, glorious, horizon-framed vaults that provide endless space for clouds or suns or moons. They aren't just backdrops, they are invitations for us to still our monkey-minds just long enough to feel, to release a breath we haven't realised we've been holding. The accompanying poems add to that sense of meditation as they focus us on those tiny details of landscape, and of buildings and monuments placed there, that we might have otherwise missed. Take the time to stop and simply enjoy what follows. Nessa O'Mahony There's something quietly powerful about Dawning: Photopoetry To Revive Your Soul that catches you off guard. I picked this up expecting a pleasant mix of photography and poetry, but what I found was something far more immersive. Siobhán Maher has created a work that doesn't just sit on the page - it lingers. Each image feels like a moment suspended in time, and the accompanying words don't compete with the visuals, they deepen them. The sunrise imagery throughout is particularly striking. There's a warmth to it, yes, but also a sense of reflection - even healing. It's not overly sentimental, which I appreciated. Instead, the tone is calm, grounded, and quietly hopeful. What stands out most is the balance. The poetry is accessible without being simplistic, thoughtful without trying too hard. It invites you to pause rather than rush on, which feels increasingly rare these days. This is the kind of book you don't read once and shelve. You return to it - on a quiet morning, or when you need a bit of stillness. A genuinely uplifting, beautifully put-together collection. Highly recommended. James

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Siobhán arrived on Montpelier Hill, Dublin, just before her eighth birthday, and it was as though the land itself welcomed her home. She blended into its wild edges, wandering forest trails for hours, dreaming on horseback or curled beside a loyal dog. Nature became her first language, animals her earliest friends.It was on this hill-beneath whispering trees and shifting skies-that she remembers penning her first poem. A child's offering, shaped from the quiet stories of two strangers: a man known locally as the Ice Man, living rough in an old icehouse, and a gentle-faced woman sleeping on cardboard outside a city hospital. Siobhán had spent long spells behind those same hospital walls, and something about their presence lingered in her heart, asking to be written.Though words often danced out of reach at school, tangled by dyslexia, she pressed on. She earned a Higher National Diploma and Degree from Aberystwyth University, followed by a Master's from Aberdeen. In time she became Dr Siobhán, completing her PhD in Food Science and Technology at University College Cork in 2004.Her career unfolded across laboratories and factory floors-from chocolate to bread, from research papers to product launches. But the pace was relentless, and her body, already burdened by fibromyalgia, began to slow.Motherhood arrived like a turning tide. With the birth of her first child in 2007, Siobhán made a promise-to heal, to be present, and to build a life that honoured both her children and her spirit. She retrained as a Touch for Health Kinesiologist and journeyed deeper into the healing arts: Reiki, Feng Shui, mindfulness, and shamanic practice. Each path became a thread, weaving her gently back to herself.Through every chapter, writing remained her quiet heartbeat. Scientific journals gave way to rhymed bedtime stories, and those playful verses deepened into more mindful reflections.In 2022, she began the work she had long envisioned-uniting poetry with nature photography. The book you now hold is the fruit of that returning.Siobhán offers it with a simple wish: that it brings a moment of stillness to your day, and helps your gaze settle gently, like a leaf on water.

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