Moving on from your past/ letting go of the pain

Hi Sue. I was late diagnosed at 64 just after last Xmas. Yes there’s been huge abuse and problems in my past which could have been avoided had I been dx earlier but there’s been brilliance too, I’m the going-out-of-fashion high functioning autist, a widely published poet, two impressive careers where Ive worked magic with words and numbers and a massive connection with cats which I use not only with my own but at Cats Protection as a volunteer. Life is like a nutty cake, all sweetness and joy but with punctuations of hideous allergy, however I’ve done well really and will continue to do so. Not sure that helps really but maybe a small beacon of hope for some xxx

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This is so uplifting. Do you share your poetry with others? Thank you Sue

This is so uplifting. Do you share your poetry with others? Thank you Sue

Thanks Sue, I too have been shocked by some of the views expressed by a minority, views which feel prejudiced and discriminatory, ironic coming from a community who are so discriminated against!

Absolutely understand your caution. Since the joining this community, I have been surprised by some of the views/ comments. Fingers crossed it appears in the magazine, Sue :)

I’m not ready to share that information here yet, I’ve had a troubled history with online communities such as this one and for my own safety am remaining anonymous for now. Hopefully the masking poem will appear in the next edition of the magazine but they haven’t said yes or no yet. 

Wow.......pretty prolific, then. Can you share some titles? What name do you publish under? Would love to see the one on "masking".....Sue

I do Sue, there’s five published books, two of which are still on Amazon, I’ve been in the Independent on Sunday, hundreds in magazines and won a few competitions along the way. I’m presently the writer in residence at the Fiddlers Ferry power station decommissioning creative project which will mature with a show/exhibition/performances at World of Glass in St Helens, mid 2024. It’s predominantly page poetry with a complex use of punctuation, parentheses, line/stanza breaks, capitalisation (and not), so not generally performable as in open mic and slam events. I’ve submitted one to the NAS magazine but don’t know yet whether they are going to use it, it’s about masking.