Jacky PowerI often find that I have lines for poems which come to me when I am out walking or when I am about to fall asleep. Neither of which is particularly co…moreI often find that I have lines for poems which come to me when I am out walking or when I am about to fall asleep. Neither of which is particularly conducive to note taking! Sometimes I have to get out of bed, plod to my desk and download the whole poem that seems to have arrived! That happened with my poem 'The Desert'. My poem 'I'm in ring with me again' came to me whilst in the shower, 'Yummy Mummy' whilst I was running the kids' bath and 'I love my legs' chuntered around my head for a good few months before the rest of the poem arrived!(less)
On Thursday this week I shall be attending my very own book launch. I say 'very own' because I can't quite believe that it will be my book that I get the chance to read from.
Therein lies a few problems. In my eagerness to share the contents of the book I have several things to be mindful of:
I have a 20 minute slot to read. I need to therefore choose a selection of my poems to read, not try to cra
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