I am not a Poet: Poems from an Unsound Mind

By Julie Tsiricos

‘When you have a mental illness, you are medicated for it. Most medications have side effects, some of them strange. When I was first medicated, a very odd side effect happened. I suddenly started writing poetry out of the blue. I had never written any before and didn’t even like poetry!
Most of my poetry is about what it is like to have a mental illness and how we cope with it day by day. Now over 900 poems later, I am still writing.’
Julie Tsiricos

• Language: English
• Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishers
• Release date: Apr 30, 2021
• ISBN: 9781398431768

Julie Tsiricos

The author of this book has been writing for about eight years now. She has bipolar and considers this to contribute to her style of writing and some of the subject matter. She treats writing as a form of therapy. She does not believe that poetry should have flowery words when simple and fewer words can express the same emotions. She also believes that this style of writing makes it more accessible to everyday people who would not normally read poetry as it has a bad name.

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Julie Tsiricos

I Am Not a Poet

Poems from an Unsound Mind

Copyright © Julie Tsiricos (2021)

The right of Julie Tsiricos to be identified as author of this work has been asserted in accordance with section 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

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ISBN 9781398431751 (Paperback)

ISBN 9781398431768 (ePub e-book)

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First Published (2021)

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Dedication

To my husband who sadly never lived to see this in print, and to my good friend Jerry Woolverton who helped me through my darkest days, to who I could share my secrets with and encouraged my writing. You are a true friend. Thank you.

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