Welcome

I write poetry to express a sentiment, a thought, a feeling. Poems, like music, are a universal language but they can be often misunderstood. Like the bastard child no one wants to talk about, poems often seem obscure and, to the uneducated, a little daunting.

Poems that require hours of analysis and dissection in order to understand its musings are not necessarily superior to all other forms of writing. We have been conditioned to believe that if we don't understand it, or it takes days to 'get it' that it must be good, no, even great, writing. But sometimes, a complex feeling expressed in simplistic terms takes on a beauty of its own.

I write what I feel at the time, and none of these poems have been agonized over for more than a few hours tops. They may be raw, but they are real. They may not be laden in subtext, but you'll get the point. Poetry should be savored by all, not a few. Like music, it should be enjoyed, be accessible and ultimately speak to the soul.

I have been writing poetry for many years and have kept my poems cradled in my heart, sharing some with very few. But this year I am challenging myself to step out and part of that step is to put my writing, and in essence me, out there. So here I am...hope you enjoy the poems that will be posted here and do let me know what you think.

Warmly,

Sally

By the way: Feel free to check out my other blogs:
I am Awesome (when I don't suck) which is all about how awesome I truly am and how you can be too! @ sallyawesome.blogspot.com
and
It's Not Me, It's You (@nogothirdbase.blogspot.com) which deals with my many, many dating disasters