My Wordly Wealth

Heather Williamson

Poetry on roots, love, life and faith

Tag: life

  • Sea glass

    I am not what I waswhen I was newnor am I what I should be.Broken by the beatingsof lifeand whirled in its storms.Crashed hard in the rocksand floated endlesslyendlesslybut not drowned.I hope that kind handswill lift me againin time—like sea glass. Read.

  • Not an elegy

    The other day my dad said he wanted to give me a gift now and not wait for me to receive it when he or my mum are no longer here. How lovely.And I thought how often we do this with words. We save some of our finest speeches to be spoken in remembrance of… Read.

  • Something I wrote

    For anyone reading this who has enjoyed my poetry, I’d like to share that my book – my debut collection – is now available on Amazon. I’m also sharing again the first poem I shared in this blog, because it is the title for my book, and was the moment I thought of trying to… Read.