The Lady & the Camp is a meditation through poetry of human resilience in the face of challenge, sadness and great suffering and is set in the present day and in the 1940’s.
It has three voices: The Reader, The Lady and The Witnesses.
The story of Etty Hillesum, helped, among a number of other things, to inspire The Lady & the Camp. Hillesum, a young Jewish woman, lived in occupied Amsterdam in the 1940s and wrote both about her own experiences and development and what was happening around her at the time.
The project is part of the subthemes Re-imagining identity through poetry, Healing Narratives - Poetry, Mental Health and Collective Trauma, Cultural Resilience - Literature as a force for social justice, Poetry and the Digital Commons - New platforms, new audiences.
Author
Anto Kerins
Anto Kerins is a conservationist, writer and educator. His latest book on learning is with Routledge. He writes poetry on nature and other topics.
He performed his poetry over a number of years at Culture Night Ireland in support of the children's tree charity, Easy Treesie.
His 'Spring – War – Summer' triptych was exhibited at the Metamorphosis 2023 festival in Spain.
‘The Lady at the Gate' and an extract from 'The Four Seasons & War' were published by Versopolis in Poetry Expo 24.
Anto’s poetry is one of hope. Where there is conflict and war it finds courage and kindness and where there is sadness it points to the wonders of life.
The poems use clear and simple language and their format and rhythm can sometimes vary to suit the topic.
You can listen to him read both ‘The Lady & the Camp’ and ‘Travelling Through Time’ or you can turn off your audio and enjoy reading the text page by page yourself.
He lives in Clontarf, Dublin, Ireland.
