Synopsis
MY SECRET LANDSCAPE
by Kelly Kenrick
© Copyright 2001 Kelly Kenrick
US Library of Congress Copyright: TXu 975-750
I have a very strong affinity for nature and the power of landscape and have tried to incorporate that feeling into my poetry. I was lucky enough to be able to travel to Scotland in the last few years and fell in love with the Isle of Skye from which resulted several poems. This traveling also awakened my own ancestral ties to the country. Other poems come from early reactions to the world around me. Some were written 'on demand' in school for Legion contests, which made me aware of war and conflicts between societies, which has shaped my thinking throughout the years. Still other poems reflect my need to make sense of not only myself, but the society I live in, interact with and hear about through the media and personal interaction. Not all the interactions and viewpoints are positive, but then again that's where the conflicts in society arise. I have tried to lighten that by adding a few lighthearted or whimsical poems. Kelly Kenrick
May 7, 2000
About the Author
I've been writing poetry for 25 years, casually. I grew up on the prairie and started writing in school mainly due to yearly Remembrance Day poetry contests. I've entered several contests over the years, and while I've never placed high enough to win, the entries have been included in anthologies. I currently work in retail and am in the middle of studying desktop publishing. I love nature, traveling, history, listening to music and reading. I have a BA in English and History. I have traveled through a lot of Canada, and in the last couple of years managed to get back to the Old Country and see parts of Ireland and Scotland.
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