The Lady From Kent: A Story For Girls And Boys And Bees Dressed Up As Fleas And Crocodiles. Also Elves.

Synopsis

The Lady From Kent, By Barbara Nichol, Was Written Over A Long Period Of Time. First Came A Sketch, Then A Few Verses. Then Other Verses Came Along. Nichol Finished It On The Coast Of Bc In The Back Kitchen Of A House On Savary Island. Alone, She Saw Deer Pass By. Unafraid. They Would Stop And Graze. Nichol Covered The Old Green Wood Kitchen Table With Post-it Notes, Each Representing A Verse, Moving Verses Back And Forth, Around And Around On The Table, Putting The Poem Together Like A Puzzle. It Sometimes Seemed Impossible To Get It Right. She Burned To Tell The Lady's Story: To Make People Understand This Intrepid, Confident Being. She Seemed A Person Who Would Not Take On The Opinions Of The Culture: What A Person Is Allowed To Do Or Not Do, About Limitations, And About Conventional Standards Of Beauty.