My name is Valeri.
I live in Bangor, Maine (a good town for writers).	
I am 32 years old.

I wrote my first poem when I was in 7th grade.
In high school, I found that keeping a daily journal
helped me deal with being a shy, introverted person
in an environment that demands popularity or deals
out ostracization and anxiety.

I was in a Creative Writing class my senior year and
experimented with different forms of poetry and like my journal, 
poetry became an outlet for dealing with life. I submitted
 2 poems for my school literary magazine, both were accepted
and I have been writing ever since.

In 1997, I published some of the poems on this page 
in a (very) small booklet also titled ...details... and 
delivered them to local bookstores. I went back 
later and all the copies were gone :D  
I have had several poems published online and one in a paper poetry journal called "The Wicked"


Being the internet lover that I am, I made this page 
mostly for myself and my friends but I love visitors! 
I hope you sign my Guestbook :)