It seems strange for a medical doctor of forty-six to suddenly find poetry—but this is exactly what happened to George Carle. His marriage broke up and his wife left suddenly, taki...view moreIt seems strange for a medical doctor of forty-six to suddenly find poetry—but this is exactly what happened to George Carle. His marriage broke up and his wife left suddenly, taking his two dear children with her. Living on a remote and isolated island intensified his sadness and he required treatment for depression. During this illness he started to write poetry which ranges through a wide spectrum of human experience—from the anguish of separation, love, religion, death; and yet these epiphanies of human experience, often charged with emotion, are made more poignant through the oblique touches of humour.view less