Donna Ashworth

And you're so right.

It's easy to be around the bush and be abstract and flowery because no one can actually prove you wrong because some poems you go to them and you're not quite sure what they're saying.

So therefore you can study it in English.

What is the poet trying to say here?

And two opinions can be right.

That's not the case with mine.

It is what it is.

It does what it says on the tin.

There's a message there and I want the message to be heard because I started writing words for everyday use, not just funerals, which are really important to me.

Grief poetry is really important to me.

Every day we think something, a mindset shift, a perspective shift, you know, some comfort, some hope.

Just somebody else having experienced what you're experiencing, who's wrapped it up in a nice little package that you can nibble in bite-sized chunks amongst your busy day.

That's what I wanted to do.

That's what I set out to do.

I didn't ever want to sort of write a perfect story.

poem so I didn't sort of anticipate criticism because why would anybody compare to me there are subcategories of poetry and there should be as there is with everything why would you compare two different categories you know but the poetry I have found the hard way carries a lot of elitism with it

And you can't just sort of rock up in your mid-forties and say, I think I'll write poems and sell some books.

That's going to ruffle feathers.

But hey-ho, this happens in life to everybody in all industries, doesn't it?

It's because it's quite new, isn't it?