Our poem of the month is Monday Morning by Norman Smith.
Norman started writing at school for the magazine The Retfordian. As a student, he wrote short stories for The Irish Mountaineering Club magazine on his climbing exploits in Ireland, Scotland, Wales and the Alps.
He discovered haiku while in Japan and was inspired to express contemporary thoughts in the short form. He loves the fact that there are no capitals or punctuation! Norman said: ‘For me, writing is about recording thoughts and feelings about people and places. It’s a joy to portray love in words.’ He adds that Somewhere Else Writers Group in Cirencester have helped him to explore his work with positive encouragement and care. In his spare time, Norman reads and visits Cotswold Saxon churches. You can read his poem, Monday Morning here.
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