Roger Blakiston

Forest of Song Roger Blakiston

I started writing poetry when I was around eight years old. In my school holidays, we used to go as a family to remote parts of Great Britain, and these locations frequently were my inspiration. I have included some of my very early poetry like "The Battle of Hastings" in this book, as well as several poems that were written in my late teens and early to mid-twenties. At that time in my life I was going through a great deal of exploration with love, career, and trying to figure out the meaning of life. The poems are divided into categories, but within the categories they are in no particular order. In recent years I moved to Sedona, Arizona, and you will read a number of poems that I have written while living in that community, surrounded by some of the most beautiful scenery on the planet.