notes from readings

that we must read far more than we write; 

that poetry is never about what we say, it is about how we say it; 

that poetry is about making people feel things they’ve never felt before, because before our poems they never had the language to feel these feelings. And that is a huge kind of responsibility, to give people new access to their own selves.

or is to recognise feelings they have had but never said to themselves in that way? giving voice to feelings they didn't knownthey had? 

how would I characterise my writing ? 

1. feel I have a unique voice 

2. enjoy writing, working with words

3. personal reflections thru poetry

4. those more serious commentary on policies I don't dare share. about feeling discriminated against. partly coz I don't want to be pigeons holder or identified as a poet who writes about that. if I could be characterised as a poet I'd like to be a poet who writes funny, wry poems about the everyday, nature, children, relationships,