by suzyrowland | Jan 14, 2018
When my daughter turned 25, it got me thinking about all of the stages of motherhood and how it changes you. It’s one of those ‘milestone’ birthdays and I found myself reminiscing about what I was doing at 25 and how I felt about life, as well as...
by suzyrowland | Nov 30, 2017
Musicality and poetry have much in common – expressionism, perfectionism, mysticism. I happen to love both. I played piano until Grade 6 and would get lost in playing, I had to be asked to stop. My favourites to play were Mozart and Haydn, at best sweet...
by suzyrowland | Nov 30, 2017
Creating poetry is a joy and an endeavour. Handing your carefully selected verses over to another to design as your book takes shape, is like handing over your child to a new childminder. Someone else is in charge, temporarily. If they are experienced, they will ask...
by suzyrowland | Nov 8, 2017
‘Divided into three parts of an inner journey—Discovery, Holy Fire, Resurrection— Suzy Rigg’s Songs of my Soul is a diverse poetry collection. It has pieces that tackle the aches of isolation and fear and loss: ‘For one so alive/ it is hard to believe, you...
by suzyrowland | Oct 30, 2017
After six weeks of planning and a life time of cosmic ordering (remember that?) the date for Songs Of My Soul book launch arrived. I was delighted with the venue, the gorgeous OSO Arts Centre in Barnes. I was nervous, of course, that no-one would show up, but I also...
by suzyrowland | Oct 30, 2017
A writerly mind, and putting it down on paper..When the words in your head simply become to loud to ignore, you need to write them down. That is the theory behind journalling. That is also my theory behind being a writer – the deep desire to get the words out of...
