D.E. Percy

D.P. Percy Poet . Writer

Writing and Poetry

The poet, Philip Larkin, has a solitary word inscribed on his gravestone, ‘Writer’. One of the most-loved poets in English language of his post WWII generation, it summarises for me a life’s aspiration.

Increasingly over two decades, writing has taken on a meaning far beyond the capture and expression of ideas. As I move on from a long career as a counsellor, teacher, mentor, board advisor, and some directorships, writing in general, and poetry in particular, has expanded into a burgeoning writing vocation. This website has a recurring thesis. Creative imagination and self-exploration through writing is both energising and enriching in that later phase of positive life called elderhood. I hope the samples of writing you encounter here—books, poetry, papers, and blogs—can help lead you, whatever your age, to the same conclusion.