Secrets Lies and Little Joys

Poetry is far more than it seems. Writing verse can provide a creative shorthand for working through dark thoughts making sense of your emotions and behaviours as well as those of others. Poetry offers a way to navigate the tangled maze of challenges strife and joys that constitute our inner worlds. It can also magnify life's wonders awe and delight. These varied experiences - regret mistakes learning stumbling and persevering with bravery - all comprise a life fully lived. Writing poetry helps minimize the bad times and spotlight the good. Revisiting these poems allows for deeper reflection enriching your life further. <br>Secrets Lies and Little Joys contains a sampling of my own poems and experiences along with contextual commentary. In some cases I provide explanation of the impetus behind the verse. It is my hope these poems find a shared recognition a communal understanding that you are not alone mad or bad in your travels through life.