Poems by Vickie Jean Thayer

     I love animals, I'm a huge lover of nature and especially of wildlife, also music. I paint, illustrate, sketch and try my hand at photography. I have published several short stories and a (not so short story-my autobiography). *The poetry that I write will usually end up in my published novels about life, as well as some of my humble sketches and paintings.

     My fur babies and my husband are my world. I'm intuitive and an analytical person. But, I'm also very outgoing with a huge heart for anyone or anything that is suffering, I'm very compassionate. I'm always looking for new adventures when we travel, which we do often to our retirement home in Michigan. It is where I find most of my ideas for writing, as it is on the shores of Lake Michigan where the views are breathtaking and Inspiring.

     My abusive and over the top religious childhood, as well as years of abuse (when I was a very young wife) would set a determined mindset in me to never give up, which ultimately led to my desire for the arts...mostly for poetry and painting. It was my way to escape from my pain and suffering. Many of my poems and short stories surround my painful years as a child and as a young adult. With God's hand and my husbands encouragement I have healed and moved on, but I feel compelled to relive the pain and suffering through my poetry and stories. 

              ~~NEVER, NEVER, NEVER GIVE UP~~

                                                                   @Winston Churchill

                                          ~Vickie Hurtt-Thayer~