Poems and Art on Independent Artist Day

The focus of this blog is Leonbergers but sometimes I post about books that are not about Leonbergers but that I want to promote. This is another one of those. April 3rd is independent artist day, so today is a perfect day to present Square Peg in a Round Hole: Poetry, Art & Creativity by Robbie Cheadle and Michael Cheadle. This is a wonderful book featuring poetry, paintings, photography, fond art, and more. It exists in two formats on Amazon. I bought the paperback version.

  • Paperback –  Published March 22, 2024, ASIN : B0CXMDKV8H, ISBN-13: ISBN-13 : 979-8883610799, 173 pages, Item Weight : 11.7 ounces, Dimensions : 6 x 0.41 x 9 inches, it cost  $30.61on US Amazon. Click here to order it from Amazon.com.
  • Kindle –  Published March 22, 2024, ASIN : B0CW1H3SQV, 157 pages, it costs $4.99 on US Amazon, it is free with Kindle unlimited. Click here to order it from Amazon.com.
The front cover feature paintings of a hippo, a lion and a Jaguar. There is also cake art featuring an electric guitar and animals sitting around a table. A photo of Robbie Cheadle is shown on green background.
Front cover of Square Peg in a Round Hole: Poetry, Art & Creativity by Robbie Cheadle & Michael Cheadle. Click on the image to go to the Amazon page for the paperback.

Amazon’s description of the book

How to stay positive in a negative world!

Square Peg in a Round Hole is a collection of poetry, art, and photography. The section, Life, demonstrates the author’s perceptions of life in a fast-moving world filled with work, ill-health, and other demands. The other sections illustrate how the poet makes use of writing poetry, creating art, and photography to keep smiling.

Below is my Amazon review of Square Peg in a Round Hole. Click here to visit the Amazon review.

Poetry, Art, Photos and Stories about Nature and Life

Square Peg in a Round Hole is a collection of poems, short stories, paintings, nature photographs, artistic photographs, and links to YouTube videos and web sites. The photographs were taken by Robbie Cheadle and the photographer Wayne Barnes. The poems, short stories and illustrations in the first 90% of the book were created by Robbie Cheadle and the poems and short stories in the last 10% of the book were authored by her son Michael Cheadle, a young man with an immense talent. The poems are in the form of haiku, shadorma, tanka, 99-syllable-double-ennead, and freestyle.

The book is divided into sections. The first section, Fauna, feature poems, paintings and photographs of rhinos, lions, hippos, birds and other animals. Next comes Flora, then the Ocean, then Life, featuring darker but poignant poems and images about the anguish and the hardships of life. After that comes War, Death, Power, Sun & Fire, followed by stories and poems about nature, especially birds, and finally Michael’s poetry and short stories.

Robbie is a naturalist with a great insight into African wildlife and nature. In her poems and her art, she showcases her understanding and love for the natural world. This makes her poetry especially beautiful and engaging. I learned a lot about the African wildlife and natural history by reading the poems and by looking at the photos and the art. I think my favorite nature poems were “The story of the desperate salesman” and “Nest Selection”, which beautifully depicted nest building and a male bird’s attempt to attract a mate. I could easily imagine the feelings of the animals depicted in the poems. I think my favorite poetic short story was “The Edge” about a little girl’s dangerous quest for a beautiful flower. And finally, Michael’s dark but poignant poetry is both thought provoking and emotional.

This book has a lot to offer. There’s poetry, photos, art, videos, short stories, information, and facts, and there’s a lot of beauty and wisdom in this book. Reading it was a pleasure. I highly recommend this book.

The back cover feature pink flowers and Amazon’s description.
Square Peg in a Round Hole: Poetry, Art & Creativity by Robbie Cheadle & Michael Cheadle.

About the Author

Photo of Robbie Cheadle one of the authors of Square Peg in a Round Hole.

Award-winning bestselling author, Robbie Cheadle, has published fourteen children’s books and two poetry books. Her work has also appeared in poetry and short story anthologies.

Robbie also has two novels published under the name of Roberta Eaton Cheadle and has horror, paranormal, and fantasy short stories featured in several anthologies under this name.

The eleven Sir Chocolate children’s picture books, co-authored by Robbie and Michael Cheadle, are written in sweet, short rhymes which are easy for young children to follow and are illustrated with pictures of delicious cakes and cake decorations. Each book also includes simple recipes or biscuit art directions which children can make under adult supervision.

Robbie’s blog includes recipes, fondant and cake artwork, poetry, and book reviews. https://robbiesinspiration.wordpress.com/

Click here to visit is her Goodreads page.

Click here to visit her TSL Publications Page.

Click here to visit is her Twitter account.

Click here to visit is her Facebook account.

These are her published books on Amazon.

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Author: thomasstigwikman

My name is Thomas Wikman. I am a software/robotics engineer with a background in physics. I am currently retired. I took early retirement. I am a dog lover, and especially a Leonberger lover, a home brewer, craft beer enthusiast, I’m learning French, and I am an avid reader. I live in Dallas, Texas, but I am originally from Sweden. I am married to Claudia, and we have three children. I have two blogs. The first feature the crazy adventures of our Leonberger Le Bronco von der Löwenhöhle as well as information on Leonbergers. The second blog, superfactful, feature information and facts I think are very interesting. With this blog I would like to create a list of facts that are accepted as true among the experts of the field and yet disputed amongst the public or highly surprising. These facts are special and in lieu of a better word I call them super-facts.

54 thoughts on “Poems and Art on Independent Artist Day”

  8. HI Thomas, thank you so much for this wonderful review and for posting it to Amazon. Michael and I are thrilled you enjoyed this diverse collection. The story “The Edge” is actually a true experience I had as a child. I was always attracted by beautiful flowers. Fortunately for me, it all turned out well. I only told Mum about this recently.

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    1. Thank you for the wonderful reading experience Robbie. The book offer so much. It is a truly artistic master piece. That “The Edge” happened to you is quite remarkable. That must have been very scary. I am happy it ended well.

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    2. Hi Diana, thank you, we do learn and improve with each publishing adventure. I used AI design for this book which helped make it better. I did have to make a lot of changes to rework the designs for KDP but I was still very happy with the outcome.

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