Poetry has always been my passion. Even as a little girl I loved writing poetry. My first poem that I remember, I wrote when I was about 4 years old and I continued writing throughout my life. So, after I started publishing books, I decided to put lots of my poetry together in a memorable way. In this book, Poetry With a View, I also included photos, most of which are as memorable to me as the poems.

 

When I write poetry, it mostly comes spontaneously. I don’t just sit down to write but when a verse does come to my mind, I grab a pencil and paper and start writing. Poems can be sentimental or silly and fun. Most of mine are sentimental. And a lot of my poetry is about God and His creation around us, like my poem “Oddities.”  The picture for this poem is one of the biggest walking sticks I’ve ever seen at our house. I find these insects and so many other things fascinating, so a lot of these things become the subject of my poems.

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Not everybody is a fan of poetry, but much of the time poetic verse comes from deep down inside the heart and soul of the author. It gives their innermost thoughts and feelings in a special poetic way, which is how a lot of my poems are written. An example would be my poem “A Mom’s Discourse”, which is about my first son getting married, and the picture is from his wedding day. I have the best daughter-in-law, and there’s something very sentimental about your baby boy taking a wife.