Corridors of light
Rosalind Smith reviews a book of poems of hope and consolation
A while ago I heard someone on the radio use the expression ‘mental furniture’. She was referring to those comforting thoughts and ideas that come to the forefront at times of trouble, anxiety, illness or perhaps even danger. They are the thoughts that we turn to in order to give us courage to face adversity and to cope with whatever situation is confronting us, or giving rise to fear or despair. When I came across Through Corridors of Light: Poems of Consolation in Time of Illness it seemed that the contents of the book would certainly constitute just such mental furniture.
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