Beyond – by Don Helmore
 

 

In recent years Don has joined me in offering to residents in our Aged Care Facility, well received reflections on various themes. Always in perfect harmony with the theme, Don's poems reveal his intelligence, sense of humour and deep understanding of people and the world around us.
- BOB LESCHEN, Chairman, Boroondara Writers

In his earlier days Don Helmore was restaurateur, traveller and painter, spending many happy years with his wife Roses. About ten years ago he joined The Wordsmiths of Melbourne, having started writing poetry after his wife died five years earlier. The group found he had a real feel for the craft. Since then, he has read widely and tried different forms of poetry. Don writes with love, gratitude and with an artist's eye about the world, finding much at which to marvel in and delight.
- JEAN SIETZEMA-DICKSON, Director, Poetica Christi Press