Kaleidoscope: Selected Poems are sketches of people and places that have left a deep impression with author Josephine Chadwick. Her poetry collection was written over the last twenty-five years, and most of the 24 poems each fit on less than a page."I worked in a government employment exchange from leaving school to getting married, and have always lived in the North of England. I moved from Manchester to Sheffield, when I married a steelworker."We brought up six children and I have always been happy as a homemaker and mother. I live very happily in a garden suburb on the border of a national park. I like music and books and the theatre."My late husband and I used to go rambling, but I can't walk far now. This is my first book and my last!"Breaking FreeCame an exotic bird to my quiet bowerAsked: Is there anywhere you'd rather be?You could see birds of paradise, rare flowersOr explore coral reefs beneath the sea.I'll fly you anywhere ... say MandalayOr sail around the timeless isles of GreeceRevel in the excitement of BombayOr in Tibet find spiritual peace.So! All the world to choose from - how surreal!Kaleidoscopic, spins your head round. I tried imagininghow it would feel ...Someone like me who needs family around. Fear of the unknown led me to refuseAnd restless now I sit bemused.