Warwick Poet Laureate 2011 - 2012

Dinah Smith from Leamington Spa has been crowned Warwick Poet Laureate 2011-2012.

I inherited from my mother a love of poetry and the English countryside. For most of my life I have lived in villages in Leicestershire and Northumberland and, for the past ten years, in Leamington.

I have 2 sons, 2 daughters-in-law and 2 small grand daughters.

In recent years I have been writing poems. I always say, "This is simple stuff", but I feel intimidated by obscure poems and feel that poetry should be accessible.

I write from my own experience. However varied the events of our lives are, we have all known happiness, grief, dejection and elation. I hope that I write about happenings and emotions that another might recognise.

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