Finding Me: A Collection of Poetry

by Chris Pepple

Why do I write? Because I have to. The words are my connection with my spirituality, with the people around me, with love, with healing, with hope. I write to turn truths into poetry and fiction…to embrace diversity and capture the beauty and complexity of the people around me…to share the voice of the people we often fail to hear…to declare that all people deserve to have their story told. I hope that I inspire people to learn how to write their own stories in their own voice. Through these words, I give glimpses of my story and the stories of others I have met along my journey.

103 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 19, 2020

About the author

I am a poet, a published author, and a writing consultant living in Germantown, Tenn. I am also a writer-at-large for Southern Writers Magazine. As a published author, my works include Looking, Seeing (2018), Without a Voice (2017), Two Frontiers (2016), Writing Your Faith Journey (2016), Look to See Me: A Collection of Reflections (2006) and Reflections on Suffering: Defining Our Crosses and Letting Go of Pain (2012).

I speak to writing groups on topics such as self-publishing, how to find your own creative voice and how to break writer's block. Along with speaking to writing groups, I also speak nationally to churches and nonprofit organizations on a variety of motivational and spiritual topics. Current speaking series: Writing Your Faith: A Guide to Leaving a Written Faith Legacy and Defining Suffering: Carrying our Cross and Letting Go of Pain. I also speak to young adults and senior high youth on being aware of domestic violence issues and dating violence issues which still affect so many families in our nation.