: About Me

Hi!......I am Daryn and I live in Cumbria, England, home of the Lake District and William Wordsworth(perhaps that is where I gain my inspiration!..I can only dream!

I work for a holiday cottage letting company, and have written on and off for a while now. However, in the last couple of months I have been drawn into it more seriously and I have definitely got the bug.

So that is me, and I hope you enjoy my modest offerings...constructive criticism is always welcome, otherwise how would I improve!?

My passion is ...

Writing

I know too much about ...

paying bills

My parents always told me ...

to tidy my room

My childhood ambition ...

was to never grow old

My favorite memory ...

tis making sandcastles on the beach

Why I write ...

I feel I have somrthing to say

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

Killers/Charles Dickens/Larkin/Ted Hughes

My first job ...

Gardener

My best moment ...

gaining my History degree

My inspiration ...

to be published

Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Our family

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The Family Tree Our ancestry warrants closer inspection Spiralling branches coursing through history Genes looking for that long lost connection The final jigsaw in the infernal mystery. Amateur genealogists search for glory Of an offshoot that might need inspecting In order to tell their offspring a lofty story Of a murky past to which they are connecting. The priceless lock to the past is worth picking To open the door on a world so revealing So be quick as the clock is relentlessly ticking And unlock what the rich past is concealing.

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