Ink Drawing: Lady Poet / I was a poet once

 

RTomens, 2023

I've never known 'a large lady poet'...or any lady poets, for that matter. I was once a member of a writers group in Aylesbury that was run by a woman and a man who had studied English at university but didn't write in the creative sense, instead they encouraged me and others to write. At the time, I also wrote poetry and even performed it on stage a few times. I found it easy. Too easy, probably; composing poems in my girlfriend's flat on the morning of the day I was due to read. She was first attracted to me because I told a group she was sat with in The Green Man that I'd just written a new short story since they asked when I approached the table, drink in hand and I noted the look on her face at the news I was a writer. I'll never forget that look. It came from me being impressive to a woman. That's probably the only time I've said anything so impressive to a woman. She wasn't a poet. In the end, she wasn't a lady either and treated me like dirt - huh! Well, we were both having affairs with others.