: About Me

I live in England with my husband and two small children. I am a teacher by profession and have taught and worked with children in several countries. My husband and I own and run a television production company and we produce software for the asian community channels.

I love to travel and enjoy great food from all over the world. I prefer to be by myself (mostly because of all the noise I have to put up with) and I like peace and quiet but I also love to party and we seem to entertain family and friends at home an awful lot. When I'm alone in my head, I tend to write creatively, making up stories and scenarios, I guess that may be a remnant of our business.

I have discovered that I am pretty good at poetry, which was a surprise because I can't seem to understand other people's work!

I hope to publish my first novel within the coming year and I guess many a writer has said THAT before. But you never know. It doesn't hurt to be optimistic.

My passion is ...

my children and my writing

I know too much about ...

love and loss

My parents always told me ...

to be a good girl and work hard

My childhood ambition ...

to be a teacher

My favorite memory ...

very early childhood moments for both myself and with my children

Why I write ...

because I must

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

everything I come into contact with

My first job ...

sales assistant

My best moment ...

hasn't happened yet

My inspiration ...

life

Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Gifts of love

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A Gift for the Groom Cut from a splendid pattern I was sewn By tailors in the East Without consent abroad they bid and shook Their hands in faithful trust A given and taken token I was Just one of many gifts In earnest exchange for a solemn oath There would be No return Deliberately, I was then unwrapped From box and ribbons carefully removed And taken with a gasp Of warm desire against his body clung Delight escaped his lips He danced with me and held me to his skin For size and fitting, testing, trying Molding, shaping, clinging His shoulders firm His scent my breath His form my own Unti...

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