I received Against the Clock today! I now have a few books sitting on my desk - I ordered a few too many to give to a few people. My Grandmother, Godparents etc.

I think it turned out really well - I have to say the cover scared me a bit but after a few more glances I realise how bang on it is.

My thought is that the clock represents the 12 hour marathon. The face is old/aging if you take a close look - and you get Alzheimer’s when you’re older… and the little boy (child) represents the state of mind someone with Alzheimer’s has… they become child like.

The book is lovely and I can’t believe I actually have a number of my poems published! It’s such an honour.

I’ve been writing quite a bit more lately; I’m considering entering a few poetry competitions, I even have two in mind but I have to decide which poem(s) to submit.

I have two in mind so far, I think I need to write a few more but the two I have in mind I’ll post blow. If you have a favourite I’d love to know which! :)

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I have been a bit neglectful with Escaped Emotions… Letters To You has been taking up most of my time, and I got a bit stuck writing wise… I seem to have lost my muse.

However I have been around and I’ve been tweaking things today, nothing major really but I will add a few more poems before the weekend.

I was away in Mauritius for two weeks, I thought it might inspire me but alas all I got was a few rough words. I keep picking up a pen or getting notepad open to write something, I know what I want to write, I have all these ideas but I can’t seem to let the gates open and allow the words out… I’m a bit stuck.

But I do have some older poems from a month or two ago, I didn’t add them because they were written for a marathon I participated in sometime ago… it was in aid of the disease called Alzheimer’s - my Grandfather died of it so it was close to home. It was a 12 hour marathon, I resulted in 22 pieces which were written in 6 hours rather than 12, simply because I was bogged down by general life matters.
Along with everyone else who participated in it we ended up with 250+ pieces… a collection of them are going to be be published in this book, the money we make from the book is going to Alzheimer’s… so it’s a good cause.

But I’ve been editing my poems for the book… I find it extremely tricky to tweak things, I can never stand far back enough to see clearly, it’s so tricky. Deadline for it is Friday so I have to get cracking! I’ll add the finished ones to Escaped Emotions this weekend… however I’m going to add the poems that should be going in the book, not sure exactly how many are going in but 8 poems have enough votes (other writers voted on what poems should be added) to be published.

Note: These are not the finished poems, just roughly written. Feel free to comment on which one/ones you like best…

(Click the link below to read the poems)

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