Family Forum / Parenting / Mothers / October 2003

I met a published poet today. It was very surreal.

A friend and I went with our kids to the next town. We stopped for lunch
 in a cafe. There were no free tables, but my friend being as she is
went up to a single chap at a table and asked if he minded sharing. He
rather awkwardly indicated he didnt mind though Im not sure he realised
the kids were ours cos they went straight to a play table. Friend went
to get food and I asked him if he was sure he didnt mind, cos I felt we
were gatecrashing on him.

Anyway to cut a long conversation short he announced he was a writer. I
asked him what he wrote and he told me poetry. I must admit he fitted my
stereotypical image of a tortured poet. We had a very surreal
conversation about politics and religion. He fell totally for my friend
and told her he would like to give her a copy of one of his books and lo
and behold he did!! I read it tonight and it was definitely of the
tortured soul variety but not bad stuff. Anyway I looked him up on
amazon and one of his books is listed.

So that was an odd day.

Sarah