Carla

I’m from a small town in the highlands of Scotland called Tain where I lived until I was 19 before moving to Glasgow, chasing city life and a bright future.I’ve written poetry all my years, having found the passion when I was in primary school and it’s something I’ve never put down. In my early 20’s and wrote a lot of poetry in private, never sharing with people other than family members and annoying my friends with them, regularly asking, “do you want to hear another poem?”I lived in Glasgow up until I was 26, enjoying the party lifestyle that Glasgow had to offer. I then moved to Barcelona and got involved with many things, one being the Barcelona Poetry Workshop where I attended weekly poetry meetings and jointly released a group anthology, “Together and Apart.” my first publication. It was in Barcelona where my confidence for poetry grew. I returned to Glasgow 4 years later I was ready to start attending poetry events and immersed myself in the Glasgow poetry scene, where I found Tell It Slant poetry bookshop and where I organised and hosted my own monthly events as part of Tell It Slant poetry bookshop, Express Yourself. I then started my own poetry radio show with Sunny Govan Radio and called the radio show Express Yourself too.The poems in this book are inspired by life, spirituality and fun and family.I enjoy making something from simple everyday things and creating poetry.