Vivien Steels

"It is as though I am taken over with the words and know what to start with and what words will end the poem."

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Vivien Steels lives in Nottingham & retired from teaching/lecturing in 1987 due to the illness M.E./CFS. She loves writing poetry (also short stories & articles) & paints in watercolours/acrylics. She has been widely published in small poetry presses/magazines & also has had many poems on the Internet (some with artwork) with ongoing local exhibitions of her artwork/poetry.

She was the Poetry Editor with the online poetry magazine WRITE-AWAY, now called WAH @ www.wah.org.uk for issues WAH 3 – WAH 5.

Vivien designed/printed a first collection of her published poems illustrated in colour with her paintings entitled *PROMISE* (Vivi*Press – June 2003) to coincide with her “Talking Paint” exhibition of 40 paintings + 40 illustrated poems & has recently designed/printed her second collection of poems/illustrations entitled *MANDALA*.

She has also designed her own websites:
“Talking Paint” @ http://talkingpaint.mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk
Vivi*Press Cards @ http://vivipresscards.mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk
Pets’ Place @ http://petsplace.mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk

See the author's illustrations.