Key to my Heart is a collection of love poems that I thought were thought-provoking and stirring. What serves as your inspiration when writing poetry?

I am inspired by places, events, people, and my poetry reflects the things I love or in my vision at that time. This collection was written as individual pieces and my most recent poetry. I will be revising this and making the book into a bigger collection with additional artwork.

I have an interest and inspired by world mythology, history, astrology, archaeology, photography, art, poetry, and music. I come up with a variation on my poetry from these influences. I have written over 200 poems and some are still unpublished because they do not fit into any category to put into a collection. I am working on publishing more books in the future.

What are some themes you find yourself often moving towards when writing?

I have a strong link towards mythology and the wonderful world of faery. I find the stories fascinating and feel inspired to write poetry after reading up on the subject. I have done a lot of research in the past on Irish mythology which is a subject close to my heart. I have been inspired to write a complete book on this subject with my favourite tales and original poetry to accompany the stories. I also like to create writing with a moral to the story which inspired by children’s book, “Princess Sweetness & Light”

My favorite poem from the collection was An Element Of The Horoscope. Do you have a favorite poem from this collection?

The Ghosts of Wuthering Heights is my favourite poem, based on the book by Emily Bronte published in 1847. The first time I read this book was on our school syllabus and I loved the story so much it has stayed with me all through the years.

Do you plan on publishing more books of poetry?

I am working on a new book of poetry, but this will not be ready until next year.

I spent all the lockdown writing and rearranging some works I had previously written and I have already independently published the following books which are available on Amazon worldwide:

Mythos Early Ireland (formally A Celtic Moment in Time) – based on my favourite Irish mythological stories with original art.

Princess Sweetness and Light – Illustrated children’s book with the moral of the story, “Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder”

The Faery Tree – Earth Queen of Faery – Illustrated children’s-young adult story with adventures to faery.

Eire West – Poetry based on the West of Ireland – Mayo and Galway (original homeland)

Lockdown 2020 – Short read collection containing thinking time poetry/verse with my own photography.

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