The moon has cast a path of light 
Across the water straight and true 
From shores of Wales to Somerset 
In silver streams of peaceful dreams.

​Taken from introductory poem to chapter 1, page 4, To Sing with Bards and Angels, Iona Jenkins, O-Books 2022 

As a child, playing on my maternal grandparents’ smallholding, or exploring woods and fields around my home, I felt comforted, and protected by a benign presence in nature. Today, as a writer, on the south coast of Wales, that presence still forms a conscious, integral part of my life and inspiration.
 
One full moon winter’s night, I lit a candle lantern by the door of my balcony, facing the sea and English shore. Soon, an otherworldly being formed in my mind’s eye, evoked by the landscape outside, and the moon painting a path of gold, that gradually widened to silver on the night rippling sea. I called this being an angel, my benign presence had assumed a form of light, in the magic of creativity.
 
Upon the luminous path, he appeared serene, tall as a tree, and pearly white with a halo of soft, colour flecked silver. I say he was male, though he exhibited a soft feminine quality, speaking through my heart, like a musical stream, flowing into words from my descriptive Bard’s voice, through pen on to paper.
        
         “I am your Creative Wisdom,” the angel said, floating in a circle of candle glow, and pale rainbows. When wisdom is added to the ingredients of any potion of inspiration, be it great or small, so will that potion flow into projects that enhance life on this planet.”
 
The angel’s name was Astariel, and having accepted his offer, to step into the magic of a creative spiritual journey, my life became a poem, a song, a story, as his gentle wisdom lit up the pages of my book.

Out now in print and digital editions. Pick up your copy at all Amazon stores worldwide, Barnes & Noble, Apple iBooks, Nook and other online stores. ​

Pick up your copy To Sing with Bards and Angels by Iona Jenkins at the following bookshops from 9th December 2022:

​Iona Jenkins is an author, creative writer, and poet with experience in guidance, counselling, hypnotherapy, and psychotherapy. Although originally from Yorkshire, she has lived in Penarth for a decade. Her first book to be published through a publishing company is set to hit the shelves from December 9.
 
Her passion for spiritual and personal growth is reflected in the book which is titled To Sing with Bards and Angels – A Journey into the Creative Heart.

​To Sing with Bards and AngelsTo Sing with Bards and Angels – A Journey into the Creative Heart is being published through O-Books which is a leading publisher of body, mind, and spirit books focusing on titles including: 

• Spirituality;
• Development;
• Self-help.

​To Sing with Bards and Angels will be available to order from Griffin Books in Penarth or online from December 9.