Words of Mine

About the Book

This is my second poetry book (my first was “Somebody Else’s Words Were Mine”). I have incorporated both up-to-date material and poems that I’ve written at least eight years ago in this book. My first book was made up of only old poems from almost two decades ago, which were published in February 2014. On my recent house move, I uncovered more poems that I’d written just under a decade ago. I seem to have written in bouts, often unaware that there are large gaps in my creative periods. My family is now settled in our new home, spending time walking our dogs and taking them on holidays with us. A while ago, on a beach in Devon, both dogs were one minute running along the sand happily, then off they went heading for Burgh Island, where they climbed on to rock and jumped into sea. It was a heart-in-mouth moment! The dog managed to survive that holiday, no worse for wear. My family has been great support to me both with my writing and setting up my new website. I would like to thank them all for their patience and support. www.florencewords.com

About the Author

Since I started writing, I would never have thought in my wildest dreams that one day I would publish my poetry. At school, I always struggled to get things right and put ideas down on paper. I left school at fifteen without any qualifications. Many years later, I was able to go to college then on to university as a mature student, which meant I had to face up to my problems. I had a comment on one of my assessments asking me if I was dyslexic or if English was my second language. This led me to have a dyslexia assessment, which found I was dyslexic, making sense of past problems. The comment on that assessment (was English my second language) has stayed with me, I think. When I was young, I felt I had no language that I could properly understand. Now it makes sense why it was so hard for me to learn. I’m sure many other people have similar experiences. I went on to have lesson with a dyslexic tutor. This was a great help to me; it was as if someone had put the light on for me.