Cecilia Kovacs

Biography

I am not English, I was born in Hungary, came to the UK in 2001. With hardly any English to start with, I have now learnt enough to be able to communicate fluently and explore the language. I have always loved poetry but I am a reader and avid lover of it rather than a poet. As a child I used to write the odd piece of poetry, but I never made a big deal out of it. I became a musician and I was more interested in picking excellent existing poetry and set it in music. Nevertheless, I have always envied those who wrote excellent lyrics. I had a few tries writing lyrics myself, both in Hungarian and in English and also pursued translating Hungarian children's songs into English for education purposes. This year love found me and my loved one is really arty and well-spoken, an undergraduate in English studies. What I feel for him and around him had inspired me to the point that I started to write the odd poems, and what is quite unique is that old super-self-conscious me dared to send these to him, who wrote poetry himself. (I have yet to see his poems!) So, this is me putting on a brave face and sending out these exercises into the public, using the big excuse that English is not my mother tongue, so it's not fair to criticise me! :-)

Samples

To a Milestone (31/7/2014 - Essay resubmits deadline) You and I Together a cry For love You're angry And I am hurt Both broken Leafless trees that Reach up to sky Hold closer Roots go deep Still standing alive We are Holding two hands No-one else Slow heartbeat You have lost trust I despair God mends it

All poems are copyright of the originating author. Permission must be obtained before using or performing others' poems.

Blog entries by Cecilia Kovacs

Avvelenato (12/12/2014)

In Memoriam KS (25/10/2014)

KS (Emlékére) (18/10/2014)

Emerge (17/10/2014)

Tonight (10/08/2014)

Dreamchasers (10/08/2014)

To a Milestone (10/08/2014)

Crap Without Wrap (Rap) (10/08/2014)

Lovemaking (10/08/2014)

Perceptions (aka bored at a Health and Safety training) (10/08/2014)

Blog link: https://www.writeoutloud.net/blogs/ceciliakovacs