My Published Poetry
I’m happy and honoured to have two of my poems published in this anthology, which is now on the Amazon best sellers list.
Hidden in Childhood: A Poetry Anthology – preface by Gabriela Marie Milton
If you open the pages of this poetry collection, you will be mesmerized by the talent of the contributors, and by the range of stylistic approaches they use to recreate the world of childhood. It must be said from the beginning that this is not a poetry collection for children. The pages you will read memorialize the beauty and magic of childhood – remembrance of love and fairytales – as well as its ugliness – abuses, poverty – that unfortunately still exist in our world. Some of the authors of the poems included in this anthology were brave enough to talk about the pain they endured in childhood. I salute all contributors: those who tell the world that childhood is love, and those who still bear the wounds of a difficult childhood.
Gabriela Marie Milton
author, editor, publisher
When I was four
Hidden behind a chair
So small
Trying to be smaller
Invisible
Trembling
Hands pressed against my ears
Eyes tightly closed
Bang!
The door slams
The House shakes
Muffled sobs
Silence
Mum?
Tears on her cheeks, she clutches my hand
We need to run
Are we coming back?
Never!
A poem by Sandra Thompson