A way with words

I was very interested in the article ‘Poetic justice’ by Jackee Holder, in your October edition. I started writing poems in March 2018, when I woke up in the night with a poem in my head. I had to get up and write it down. So, like Jackee, my poems come to me in my sleep. I agree with her when she says that everyone can be a poet as, once I’d written one, writing them came so easily to me, and I have since written dozens. I have found writing so cathartic and it has helped me deal with difficult issues in my life, especially the loss of my mother at an early age.

Many of your articles encourage gratitude and dwelling on the positive, especially at challenging times; a number of my poems express gratitude to the wonderful people who have supported me during my life.

I just love your magazine.thank you! Sue Brown