It will happen by chance

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>This anthology features the work of twenty-nine published British American and Canadian poets brought together in one volume by a common country of residence - France - and their membership in the French Online Poetry Stanza group. Drawing on their diverse backgrounds and sensibilities they represent a rich vein of talent and offer the reader a wide variety of accessible and authentic poetic voices. Celebrated poet Roger McGough wrote: </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>'The French Online Stanza spreading its wings so eloquently to show that poems don't need passports.' </em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Poet and tutor Heidi Williamson wrote: '</span><em>The varied voices in this anthology share many things - a love of languages an itinerant sense of (dis)location and acute attention to the dailiness of life. These poems meditate on the frail connectivity of communication silence relationships and what each of us loses over time. But what shines through is the love of place(s) of people of particular moments that each writer carries with them and to us.' Creative writing tutor Sue Burge wrote: ' This beautiful anthology is a symphony of diverse voices. The poems tackle an engaging mix of subject matter: wooden spoons 'like a stand of trees in winter' a lover's silhouette the art of paper-making marshlands and mountains love and friendship and of course coffee and croissants! The poems are polished and meticulously crafted every one a tiny glowing world. There is a joyful collective camaraderie embedded in the book and often the poems feel in dialogue with each other. A greatly enjoyable read.' </em></p><p><br></p>