Sonnet | For Those Who Seek To Rule | Speaking Out Bring Words To Life. Ruling is not easy. It asks too much, too often, from us humans full of flaws.

Poetry has the ability to change your mindset. My rhyming couplet Surprise Yourself is about finding your self-belief, inner strength, hope and resilience.

Autobiographical Poem by Anna Larner - I live my life upon a home-made raft. Much tested in the doldrum and the storm

Liberation Poetry (LGBTQ) - Today I shaved my hair off. To see me, to know me, to own me, to free me. To be me.

Writing is a leap of faith | Authentic Self Poetry | How awful the gap between the person you see when you look in my eyes, and the ‘me’ defined, confined by my peers

LGBTQ Poetry | On Reflection - A sonnet to unrequited love inspired by the Coleridge poem To Asra (C19th life writing and the autobiography genre).

Epistolary poem form | University of Leicester creative writing workshop - Women's Writing in the Midlands, 1750-1850. Susanna Watts and Elizabeth Heyrick