Writing poetry is so much easier than writing about poetry! As far back as I can remember, poetry has always been my natural form of expression. One of my mother’s favourite stories is about how as a child of eight, I out of the blue recited these lines: ‘We of the garden dream of the day when we can have our freedom and go our way.’ 

I write when I am moved/disturbed. Poetry is no doubt a cathartic process and from darkness comes light! After turning 30, I wrote a whole bunch of love poems. They kept coming to me like the raging storm. That was also when I compiled my first book of poems. My poems are almost always first drafts. I like them raw. I am aware they may become finer poems if edited. But I believe they will also become something else if tampered with. So I let them be.  I am nearing 40 and have calmed down. But yes it continues to rain in my world.