As Lampshade Writers turns 3 years this November 2023
Poetry is vulnerability. Poetry is an ikebana of words. To me, Poetry has been a horse which I straddled to gallop through life. Sometimes, it was the boat to wade through rough waters. But it has always been a letter to someone on the other side - maybe, a reader; maybe, a friend or maybe, myself. And to share these experiences with a poets and writers community and receive love and support enriched me from in Milwaukee (US) and continues to enrich me with Lampshade Writers, a writers' and poets' community, started online. Formed on the fringes of the pandemic in November 2020, Poetry had become our pillow -- sometimes, our refuge. We met, virtually, initially, and shared our feelings in verse -- some wept, some switched the camera off and spoke from their heart, some just attended to listen, some to share a winter evening locked in their houses. As the lockdown was lifted, our Readings were held in-person and we are only delighted to meet each other as we...