About the Poets' Corner

I think it's fair to say that poets are a strange breed, their own "race" indeed. They're often tortured souls who don't write rhymes for a hobby, but rather give birth to them. Anyone who has gotten up in the middle of the night to put words down on paper, not knowing from where they came, will understand what I'm talking about. Writing prose with ink from the heart is very much akin to what giving birth used to be like ... you have no idea what the baby is going to be until after it is born.

This website was created out of that sense of need, the need to give birth to messages from the soul, and it is heartwarming to see what a wonderful response it has gotten. I have found many kindred spirits out there.The poems have come in from as far away as Abu Dhabi, Australia, The Philippines, England, India, Canada and Kuala Lumpur. And interestingly, they usually come in the middle of the night, notwithstanding the time difference.

So read along with me now and return often. My best wishes to all the poets out there -- Nan Nichols Crussell, Editor and Webmaster

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