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Paul Murdoch
Scotland
E-mail Address: paulmurdochpoems@hotmail.co.uk
Please include the word 'POETRY' in the subject line of any email you send.
Why write poetry, Poet?
It only started to flow from somewhere recently. I'm not sure why I do it;
mid-life crisis or something. I just get a notion about something and the poems just pop out.
How did you get started writing poetry?
I only started in January of 2004. I heard a poem written by a friend
of mine, Greg Addison, and thought .... "I can do that." His are much
better. Sitting alone in a restaurant one night I saw a young kid being
shooshed by his parents, they were embarrassed at the noise and, for what
ever reason, I collared the waiter and asked for a pen. I wrote, 'To Hear
an Angel Sing.'
Who were your influences?
To be perfectly honest, I have read very little poetry, I like some of Burns
and Tennyson but I guess my biggest influences would be old English hymns and
friend's stuff - "What a Philistine!" If I see something that moves me I write.
What is your favourite poetic verse?
Probably something like 'A Host of Golden Daffodils'. I remember some of it
from school. I must read more stuff.
Examples of poetry.
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Who are the Scots?
Matthew Forster Heddle (1828 - 1897) Mineralogist and Chemist. Born in Hoy on the Island of Orkney. Enthusiastic collector of minerals; his collection is now held by the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh. Wrote the seminal work on the Mineralogy of Scotland, published in 1901.
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