ANNE BROOKE
| “She explores the inner world of personal relationships with an acute awareness of its complexity and is able to share these insights in poems, which are richly sensuous." Anna Avebury of the Vers Poets Society |
Poetry |
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I started writing poetry in my mid twenties as a response to a particularly difficult time I went through at that period, and have been writing ever since. Most of my poems stem from personal experience or observation, although in some I do use a persona to create dramatic monologue. When writing, it’s occasionally good to be someone else for a while. "The Milkmaid by Vermeer" was the overall winner of the DSJT Charitable Trust Open Poetry Award in 2003. "A journey with my father" won 2nd prize in the Annual Writers' Conference Haibun Poetry Award in 2004. "Moon landing" was the winner of the first University of Surrey Poetry Award in 2005. If you would like a copy of my second poetry collection, A Stranger's Table, which features poems on mysteries, boats and women, or to find out more information, please visit Lulu UK. You can buy in paperback for £4.50 or download the collection for free. |