How To Be Different, How To Be Me
The story behind my first self-published book How To Be Different, How To Be Me: Poems about identity and culture lost and found.
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Six Servings of Christmas
Celebrating the end of year with Six Servings of Christmas – a short collection of poems on different Christmas experiences. There are many musical references in these poems, and not just Christmas songs or carols. If music be the food of love, play on. Six Servings of Christmas by Sherrie Lee (mobile-friendly) Other poems Nine…
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Overture to Life of a Complex Woman
Celebrating International Women’s Day with a personal expression of being a complex woman. #ChooseToChallenge #IWD2021
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Finding my way home
Finding my way home I left home in a hurryAs I packed five large suitcases and several smaller bagsTold my children about the adventure we were going onSqueezed my husband’s hand as we walked through the departure gateBuckled up, took off, flew through time zones, and arrived all worn outBy the weight and clunk of…
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Loose Leaves
Loose Leaves is a collection of poems written between 1994 and 1998, that is, between the ages of 17 and 21. Poetry then looked like an indulgence of heady emotion through words and awkward phrases. (Maybe it is still the case today!) Instead of using Canva to create a book, I’m trying out Google docs…
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Journal Notes
Here are more recent poems I’ve put together as a book – of musical pieces. Mobile-friendly view The poems in Journal Notes feature a different life season from those in Nine at 35 which were written almost eights years ago. I am startled to realise how I’ve grown weary of family life and take the…
