Madeleine F White – författare

The Horse And The Girl is a series of 30 linked narrative poems, conversations between the 'Horse And The Girl,' looking at issues such as relationships, climate change, growing older, life, death and change in general. It offers a wry, poignant look at the world around us, with a strong environmental slant.  Something between Conversations With God and The Boy, The Mole, The Fox, And The Horse - bestsellers both - these rhyming poems detail the imagined dialogues that occur between the main protagonist and the horse she rides.There is wisdom, there is profundity, and there's a charming style to the works which - despite embracing themes of ageing, death, and the dangers that are palpably present to our environment - are lightly penned and seem to whinny, canter, and trot this way and that, carrying the reader on a journey that's emotional as well as heartfelt. In all, it's a sweetly affecting book, and very accessible to any reader.  About the Crossing Places Series: Life affirming, nurturing, mothering, the series challenges women and our allies to come together to express experiences of the feminine through shared values, ideas and stories. Starting with The Horse And The Girl and continuing With Maiden Mother Crone, this extraordinary series offers a path of hope, healing and ultimately self-expression. Culminating in Maiden, Mother, Crone: The Anthology, it invites all those who find themselves responding to the poetry in the first two books work to use their own verse to open up opportunities for growth and self-discovery.

Maiden Mother Crone is a memoir in verse, challenging the traditional approach to faith by putting Madeleine’s own stories at the heart of a narrative defined by a quest for spiritual identity. Encased within the spiritual feminine it offers magic and mysticism, abuse and reconciliation, power and perception and faith and feminism. This collection is a ‘cri de coeur’ for women who may have been side-lined, abused and disenfranchised to find their own seat at the table.   Taking its cues from the older, more matriarchal nature and Celtic and Nordic traditions, Maiden Mother Crone takes us on a journey from ‘mother goddess’ to modern faith. With inclusion and spiritual expression at the heart of it, the collection calls upon us to find a new way to be and to connect; reminding us that as ‘Maidens, Mothers and Crones’ we speak the same fundamental truths the world over.   ‘I’ll weave pixels into promises and shared words into prayers of hope, and so transform this world of men to somewhere crones can fly again.’                                                                                         Maiden Mother Crone is part of the acclaimed Crossing Places series

50 Poets. One Timeless Journey. Countless Stories.Maiden Mother Crone: The Anthology gathers 50 poets from around the world in a powerful conversation inspired by Madeleine F White's Crossing Places series. Edited by White and poet-publisher Mary Petiet, this remarkable collection celebrates poetry's power to connect, inspire, and transform. Drawing on the timeless archetypes of the Maiden, Mother, and Crone, these poems reflect on love and loss, motherhood and daughterhood, aging and renewal, courage and hope. Together, they weave a rich tapestry of voices that honor both our individuality and our shared humanity.More than an anthology, Maiden Mother Crone invites readers into a global community where every voice matters and every story has the power to illuminate, heal, and inspire.