Phyllis Delia

When I was a young teen, much of my time was spent writing in my diary and when I had a lot to say, I wrote sometimes 2 or 3 extra pages, fold them and put them in the appropriately dated page. My diary was stuffed full of these pages. I loved writing essays in school (needless to say, English, Spelling and Creative Writing were my favorite subjects). I also liked writing articles about how I feel about certain things that I’d just keep for myself. I wrote a lot of letters to family and friends and was always told I had a way with words. On weekends, I’d spend my time copying the drawings of the newspaper comics, greeting cards, anything I could find that interested me. I was either drawing or writing. When I was about 15, I began putting the phrases I write into poetry. It seemed to come naturally to me. I’ve saved most of the poetry I’ve written over the years and my poems were published in my first book entitled “Joyful Bliss & Broken Hearts”, which was published in early 2018. This has been a lifelong dream come true!

My second dream is for my book to make its way in the right hands... perhaps a songwriter or singer in Nashville, who finds a poem in the book that grabs them and makes them want to transform it into a song. Poetry has been in my blood for about a half century and to publish my work in my own book is exciting beyond words, but to have my words put to music would just take my breath away! The thing is, I can’t sing and really don’t know how to write song lyrics, but some songs sound like poetry and perhaps someone could get an idea from my poems.

I’ve experienced a lot, starting at a young age. I’ve had several serious relationships, including more than one marriage and have felt the extreme emotional ups and downs of those relationships. I still believe that being in love and being loved is always worth it! I sympathize with anyone who goes through their life without ever experiencing love, even if it eventually ends, for there’s absolutely nothing like it!

During my 40’s and 50’s, I had the opportunity to travel the United States, Canada and Mexico... mostly all over the U.S. In fact, I’ve been to every state in the U.S. except Hawaii and Alaska, which are on my bucket list. Traveling was part of my husband’s job, in which I was able to go with him and experience things I never thought I would. After he retired, we bought a good used 1999 Kenworth T-2000 semi and both drove as a team, delivering goods all over the country for nearly 10 years. Maybe that’ll be another future book in the making.