Through the Eyes of a Poet series by Christina M. Ward
Featured Poet: Annie BellObjective: To encourage people to broaden their reading interests through poetry, support the poetry community, and introduce you to poets and their personal stories.
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Poet Annie Bell
Writing poetry started as a way to work through my feelings. Writing poetry became my way to express myself. Writing poetry gave a voice to parts of me that I had kept silent for a long time. Writing poetry gave a voice to my soul, my heart and my body—my mind.
Annie Bell
I had the pleasure of interviewing Annie Bell on her work and journey as a poet. I invite you to give her a moment of your time to celebrate her work with her.
The blog post begins….
It took a lifetime of swallowed feelings, a few failed and impactful relationships, and a therapy process called Somatic Therapy for Annie Bell to find herself as a poet. Perhaps you can relate to the thin veil between emotion and the surface of poetry? Annie found this thermocline and plunged through it with her heart in her hands.
It wasn't easy. But in the words of this new poet: "I became a poet when I let myself feel again. As soon as I stopped discounting my feelings, becoming a poet was inevitable."
May your love grow like sunflowers
Vast and eager
Basking in the warm light of your joy
May your love grow like pine
Evergreen and unrefined
Flourishing amidst the bleak cold
May your love grow like daisies
wild and bold…
from
How Love Grows
by Annie Bell
If you would like to follow Annie’s journey, read her work, and become a fan, you can find her on the following platforms:
Annie Bell on Medium–@wholeheartedempire
Annie Bell on Instagram–@wholeheartedempire
Poetically yours,
Christina Ward, poet, author, and blogger
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