Paper Pen Poetry

I Have Always Found It To Be Easier To Put Pen To Paper When I Express Myself. Hence Poetry For Me Is A Release Or A Haven Depending On How I Mean It At The Time.For Months Now I Have Mulled Over The Idea Of Putting This Book Together. I Have Finally Attempted To Do Just That. Putting This Book Together Has Become More Of A Life Journey For Me Because My Poems Were Written At Different Stages Of My Life. There Are Poems About Being A Daughter A Young Bride A New Mother A College Student A Grandmother And Unfortunately A Widow. Some Of My Poetry Might Be Seen As Depressive But These Poems Are Also Telling A Story Of The Many Detours And Dark Alleys I Encountered And Tried To Avoid Only To End Up Confronting Them As Best I Could. However In All Of My Journeys I Had My Poetry.The Earliest Poem The Passing Of An Indian I Wrote When I Was Around Twelve Years Old And The Latest One Suffering I Wrote About A Month Ago. I Have Not Saved All Of My Poems Over The Years But This Little Book Contains A Collection Of Many Of Them.I Currently Live In Bellevue Nebraska. I Am The Mother Of Five Grown Children And The Grandmother Of Twelve.Patricia Hamblin