This is a journey in time through my poetry. A time that has not yet ended, but is clearly in sight. My own problem with poetry was, and is, inextricably linked to the visual. Not the finished piece, but the spark. Life, love and landscape. The words express the feelings of pain, regret, joy and despair, and I know that I am not alone. These are emotions that we all experience, and I have Dr Dorothy Rowe to thank for giving me the courage to share these feelings. If just one poem can touch the heart of one other person, then what I have written has not been in vain.