Posted by Anjuelle Floyd | Filed under ... anjuellefloyd ..., Why Do I Write ...
As a child I loved writing compositions at school and even poems.
When it came to choosing my academic future though I chose sciences, knowing that I could write poetry while studying sciences, whereas if I studied literature I would never have kept up my interest in science.
I lived in Malawi, in southern Africa for two years, teaching sciences, which was a wonderfully inspiring experience.
When droughts hit Malawi in 2002, I put together and self published Bougainvillea Dancing a chapbook of poetry mostly inspired by my time in the country, which raised money for charities working in Malawi. Read the rest of this entry…
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