Poetry performed by Val Cole
Get to know the poet:
What is the theme of your poem?
Self improvement through change
What motivated you to write this poem?
Recovery from addiction
How long have you been writing poetry?
Sporadically for thirty years but more intensely for the past five years
If you could have dinner with one person (dead or alive), who would that be?
The Greek poetess Sappho.
What influenced you to submit to have your poetry performed by a professional actor?
Curiosity as to how an objective rendering would sound.
Do you write other works? scripts? Short Stories? Etc..?
I have written two books (Poetry Changes Lives and The Fun We Had), I also write articles, blogs and reviews.
What is your passion in life?
My passion in life is Life itself, specifically family, friends, writing and the afterlife, none of which I am good at.
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