Dr Sherrie Lee | Category: Creative Writing

Here are more recent poems I’ve put together as a book – of musical pieces.

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 opportunity to escape ever so briefly for coffee and solitude.

My personal fav is ‘Dreaming of Castlepoint’. I initially had ‘a sonata in ten movements’ as a subtitle, but realised it was more dramatic than soothing piano music. ‘An operetta in ten scenes’ felt more appropriate for the highs and lows of a family outing.

Creative Writing

Nine at 35

8 February 202010 March 2025admin2 Comments

With a renewed passion for creative writing, I’m embarking on a personal project to create folios of work – a ‘folio series’ of poems and essays – forgotten, refreshed and new creations.

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“Nine at 35” is a short collection of poems that were written to mark my 35th birthday some time ago. That was a time when my children were still young, not yet in primary school. It was also a time I was trying to return to my creative writing pursuit.

I used to write poems late into the night in my late teens and had a couple of poems published in poetry anthologies in my early twenties. When adulthood and responsibilities caught up with me, the writing seemed to slip away.

At 35, I had formed my family, settled into a teaching career, and now had ambitious plans for a creative comeback with 35 poems. I landed with 9. After that, there were snatches of verses for birthdays and milestones, but little else.

Now I’m in a different season of life. I’m into my 40s and have started journalling during my commute to work, holiday respites, and any other in between pauses. I’m rediscovering my creative voice and doing a stocktake of my earlier writing. This poetry eBook is a result of reviewing my forgotten poems and experimenting with layouts.

With a renewed passion for creative writing, I’m embarking on a personal project to create folios of work – a ‘folio series’ of poems and essays – forgotten, refreshed and new creations.

Creative Writing / Teaching

When the last bell rings

17 August 201110 March 2025Sherrie LeeLeave a comment

I prepared my lessons to teach you

What you have to know

I think I’ve said what the books says I must

But I hope I’ve told you more

I’ve told you stories which may connect

And some quite random I must admit

But all these stories, I know they will,

Stick more than what the pages reveal

I took the lessons for granted

Knowing that I will see you all again

And then suddenly, but surely,

There was just one lesson left

The lesson had to end

Just as I got to know you better

Just as I had more things to say

Just as I had more tears to shed

I hope I’ve made a difference in your lives

I hope you’ll become a better version of yourself

As I become a better me

Because of who you are

Understanding your

Personality

Passions

Pain

Have made a difference in my life.