Ultimate Bliss

It's been a long time since I woke up with the urge to write. I honestly didn't think I'd have anything new to enter into this years Brit Writer's Award. But after a particularly bad migraine in January I lost all interest in writing novels. A couple of days later I woke up with these words in my head. 

"I look at you, my heart it aches"

A few moments later and I had a whole verse and within thirty minutes I had the whole poem.

Ultimate Bliss was the first poem I wrote which triggered my entire entry for the Brit Writer's Award. It is the last poem in the collection and where the characters forgive and forget. They live happily ever after.

Erin

Read the poem Ultimate Bliss and more Poems written by Erin Cawood at erincawood.co.uk.

The Fireworks Show

Following my poetry collection theme, a love story, for the Brit Writers Award, I had to have a fireworks show. The boy and girl must fall out before the end. This seemed simple enough. However, my heroine didn't have a reason to mistrust what she was feeling and my hero didn't have a purpose to walk away.  Once I'd written the first poem in the collection, The Wounds of Another's Blade, I was able to complete The Fireworks Show. The big fight at the end where both parties call it a day and walk away from there relationship.

Erin

Read the poetry collectio 'A Love Story' and more Poems written by Erin Cawood at erincawood.co.uk.

Opposites Attract

Soon after I'd finished Ultimate Bliss, I came up with an idea for the Brit Writer's Award competition. What if my collection of poetry followed the classic plot line of love story. Boy and Girl meet and fall in love.

Typically in a love story the boy and girl tend to hate each other in the beginning. There's a fine line between love and hate, as they say. So with this in mind I aimed Opposites Attract to be about the hating turning into the loving. It's the 2nd poem in the collection and is followed by ...
 If Love Wasn't Measured in Flowers

Erin

Read the poem Opposites Attract and more Poems written by Erin Cawood at erincawood.co.uk.

The Wounds of Anothers Blade

Following my poetry collection theme, a love story, for the Brit Writers Award, I had to have a fireworks show. The boy and girl must fall out before the end. This seemed simple enough. However, my heroine didn't have a reason to mistrust what she was feeling and my hero didn't have a purpose to walk away. 

The Wounds of Another's Blade became the heroines story of pain. The anguish over questions left unanswered. The hurt she feels from the lies told by the one she loves. Staying with the idea of a love story, I wrote this poem for the heroine only. It became the first poem in the story and is followed by ... Opposites Attract

Erin

Read the poetry collection "A Love Story" and more Poems written by Erin Cawood at erincawood.co.uk.

Brit Writers Award 2011

Well, its that time of year again. I've written three new poems for the Brit Writer's Award and sent of my poetry collection: A Love Story.

At last minute I changed one of the poems for a stronger one that fits the theme a little better.

I will be announcing the line up after the closing date of the competition.

Erin

Read the poem Fighting A Losing Battle and more Poems written by Erin Cawood at erincawood.co.uk.