Beyond

In the poems of Beyond, Sarah Wardle explores a world of hope beyond the despair she experienced because of mental illness. In the course of this book, we see her rebuild her life from an outlook of negativity and despair, to a more included and inclusive view of the world. The natural world of the seasons and weather, set against urban grit and realism, of human solitude, interaction, and love, helps her on her way as she charts a course out of the doldrums beyond passivity and self-pity to renewed effort, well-being, and trust in the universe and life.