Carolyne English

Hallelujah Hidden Treasures Carolyne English

This poetry that I''ve written is non-fiction and isbased primarily on parts of my personal life, thelives of family members, as well as lives of my loveones. I began writing poetry doing a period ofcondolence during the lost of family members,beginning in 1996. In less than one year in1996-1997, I lost three love ones that was very dearto me, including my mom. I did not realize I was actually writing poetry at thetime until one day my sister, Patricia called me andasked me to write a poem for a deceased family memberfor a funeral. I sat still after receiving thetelephone call and encountered all of my emotion and Iallowed the Holy Spirit to take over. I calledPatricia later during the day and read what was givento me by the leading of the Holy Spirit. I deliveredthis poem to her and later during the day, she calledme and told me her son wept after reading it becauseit was truthful and emotional. When I was a child, I loved poetry and I wasfascinated with the lyrics in poetry. I tried to rhymewords, but I couldn''t put two words together that hadrhythm. In 1996, I found myself writing about my deceased loveones during my "grieving" period. I also wrote abouta man and a woman that were former church members thatgot married in 2005. I was elated for the both ofthem and I wrote a poem especially for them, while ina moment of stillness. I like true events, because I believe people can focusand relate to the truth. I wanted to share some reallife events of circumstances and situations that Ihave been through as well as love ones.