Caroline Murphy is from Rathnure village, Co. Wexford, Ireland, and now living in Dublin. Caroline is an award-winning Brand Designer who has written academically for and lectures at Griffith College, Dublin. On 30 March 2020, Caroline released her debut children’s book called The Rainbow Warrior, available internationally.
 
In 2015, as an antidote to her busy life in Dublin, Caroline started to renovate an old cottage on the Loop Head Peninsula, County Clare, in the West of Ireland. During this time, Caroline enjoyed time sitting in the wilderness of the beautiful Irish landscape. Surprisingly, her awareness began to expand, to see the underlying universal principles present in our reality. These new insights acted as a catalyst by turning her curiosity inward. Caroline began to reflect on her inner consciousness and the collective consciousness of humanity. Declare a Republic, A Free State of Mind is a collection of poems that came from this inner journey back to the rich simplicity of nature and ultimately to the discovery of our True Nature.
 
“Declare a Republic, A Free State of Mind is the rare combination of pictorial and poetic adventure running parallel in the space of time. The pictures collected by the poetess from the four provinces of Ireland compliments each poetry in a style. It’s like bringing the pictures to life. Be it a cottage window, oak tree, lotus flower, or the statue of a grieving couple, each one can find the relevance of the pictures to their own life.
 
Each poem pushes you closer to your own self, your own being forcing you to think what you are made for and what you have achieved. The words originating out of the pen of the poetess are like dewdrops rolling out of the spiritual cloud and slowly settling on the lotus leaf, neither attached nor separated. A must-read for people looking for introspection of their existence and finding meaning to their living.”
 
Capt Kunal Narayan Uniyal, International Poet & Author, India.