Stella
Fife, Scotland

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How did you get started writing poetry?

My writing started as journaling. Soon it evolved into shorter stand alone pieces. Some will never be read by anyone and others I share. I find nature and the seasons of particular interest. It’s a way of recording an experience or memory.

Recently I started writing childrens’ poems and I look forward to doing more.

Who were your influences?

I have always read both poetry and literature. Lewis Grassic Gibbon is my favourite author, Meg Henderson's "The Holy City " a close second.

The poets I read are:- Robert Burns, Louis McNeice, Emily Dickinson, Anne Weems, Jackie Kay and Carol Anne Duffy.

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Examples of poetry.

1939   Advent   A Fallow Year   A New Flag   A Toast to Burns   Absent Friends   Address Book   Amber   April   April's Moods   As a Lamb Without Armour   August   Balance   Bamboo   Below Zero   Blanket of Comfort   Boxing Day   Buried Footprints   Candle   Caravan   Changing Season   Christmas Party   Collection Penny   Cusp   Damp November   Dichotomy   Dissected Life Story   Diversion of Skills   Dream Time   East Neuk in the Rain   Every Day Is a Bonus   February   Fife Jewels   First Song   Gap   Good Friday   Grace Visits   Hazelhead Rose Garden   Heart   Hogmany Ritual   I Remember   January Weather   January 1st   Janus   July   June   June Poppies   Kinship with Burns's   Landscape   Lents Slow March   Little Sparrow   Lomond Sunset in November   Lost   Lost in France

Magical Thoughts   Man of Our Land   May   May Blossom   Middle Years   Midsummer Daisies   Moody Magnolia   My Granny's New Year   My name is not .......   Nature or Nurture?   Never Fixed   New Term   New Year   New Year Cleaning   Northern Lights   October   Paper Chains   Personal History   Pitlochry Theatre   Poppies   Poppies Grow in Turmoil   Precious Days   Promise   Reputation   Robin   Seeds   Seize the Moment   September   "She writes poetry"   Simple Pleasures   Slow October   Stages of Grief   Summertime   Sunset Lament   The Palace Dancers   The Poet's Eye   The Wonder of Words   The Wood   Think Martian   Three Ships are Nearby Tonight   Through the Glen to Crieff   Tiger for a Day   Tsunami   Visitor   Wall   We Reap What We Sow   Weaver of Words   White Stone   Winter Solstice   Wren