Moods and Mindsets

POETRY

by Heather Lydia Thornhill



Book Details

Language : English
Publication Date : 7/6/2007

Format : Softcover
Dimensions : 5x8
Page Count : 196
ISBN : 9781434316820

About the Book

This book of poetry is about all things inspiring in the world or in people and some things not so inspiring but that for some unimaginable reason they remain memorable and interesting to point out to people. Some say art found in a gallery can be anything. I say the same about poetry.

 

There are poems here that I might only read once or twice and think that was okay, and there are some that I can enjoy over and over again. The weaker ones help me to remember where I was and how far I have come with writing when compared to the best ones which inspire me and others to write more. The terrible ones I have saved you from.


About the Author

Heather Lydia Thornhill was born in Crumpsall Hospital in New Moston, Manchester, went to St Margaret Mary's Primary School, then Our Lady's Royton High School where she developed a love of Poetry. Here she learnt styles from Shakespeare to Thomas Hardy and clever techniques such as onomatopoeia. Hopwood Hall College came next where she retook her English GCSE as despite getting a B in language her literature was lacking.

One current poet that kept the spark alive for her was Benjamin Zachariah who she saw on television and had drawn during her Art A level qualification. Then it was onto Universities in Huddersfield (where she studied Social Psychology BSc) and Manchester (Educational Psychology Dip.).

Her work life has took her into various spheres and allowed her to meet a range of people in different occupations. She started off as a papergirl and has worked as a researcher, designer, secretary, life model, lecture note taker for disabled people and a call handler.

Heather has lived in a range of student houses in Huddersfield where she interacted with people from many areas of the globe, including Lithuania, China, India, Poland and Greece. People and there little quirks are therefore central in her inspirational poetry. During this time an old homeless man asked her to read his poems one day after meeting her on a bridge overlooking a beautiful canal. She was happy to read them but she realised that they were in much need of some fresh paper so she retyped them.

Further encouragement came from Poetry websites that allowed her to store her poems, read and edit them. Her poems were included in anthologies in the USA and in the UK recently and now Heather wonders whether people could enjoy her poems if they stood alone in their own right.