bring to you the same feelings of hope, joy and wonderment
that I experienced at those times.
At school English was always my poorest subject so it was a
great surprise to me when, in April 1997, my first poem
"DEW DROPS" was born.
The labor was long and painful. It was a time of delving into
the past and bringing up painful forgotten trauma. I was
advised to go away for a day on my own. I decided to go
down to the coast and took with me a small artists pad that I
had been given as a present.
I sat down on the pebbly beach with the thought of drawing
the waves but my pen had other ideas and instead, words
came flowing through it.
Since that moment my pen has taken me to places beyond my
dreams. The emotions that well up inside of me lead me to
put pen to paper and words simply flow from a place beyond
any conscious thought.
I can only thank G-d for having opened up my heart and
allowed me to connect to His creative Light.
I would like to dedicate this collection of poems to all those
who held out their hands to me and gave me so much
encouragement and love, and especially to my mother,
husband and children.
Avril Meallem
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