Once upon A Time: A collection of poetry

by Maggie Watson

As a poet, I sometimes find it difficult to choose which ones to include in a collection.
I want at least one to resonate with someone, but never want it to be completely sombre.
In Once Upon a Time, you will find hope, strength and courage, as well as my usual sprinkles of humour.
It is a collection of poetry written by a woman who has had many life struggles and knows there are many other women who have had them too.
Because life is not a fairytale even when it does start with "once upon a time".

Paperback

Published July 28, 2021

About the author

Maggie was born in Cape Town, South Africa.
She now lives in Scotland.
She has CFS which is a very debilitating/unpredictable illness.
She began writing in 2020 at the start of the Pandemic.
At that point, she had no idea it would play such a huge part in her life as it does now!
In 2021 she self-published her first collection of poetry and has since self-published four others.
Her writing is now much more diverse than when she began.
Maggie draws a lot on her life experiences when writing, so her poems can be raw.
But she feels that makes her work more relatable to the reader.
Her work has also been published by Gypsophila Zine, Glass Gates Publishing, Spill Words and Edge of Humanity.
And, also included in three anthologies.
She enjoys walks in nature and solo travel.
For more examples of her writing visit her blog.
https://wordpress.com/home/poetrybyma...