Hi, I'm John Watt and I live in California, USA. My biography is perhaps best summarized by three bio poems I created for Poetry Soup contests:
https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/the_same_coin_1234779
https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/bio_modified_-_introverted_encourager_1240827
https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/i_am_1248324
If you'd like to get to know me from my writings, here are 2 or 3 of my favorites in each of the writing categories I most enjoy:
Faith poems: https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/to_you_alone_1241976
https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/chrysalis_1243141
Nature poems: https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/artistry_and_grandeur_1211573
https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/she_cannot_be_rushed_791917
Love poems: https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/sinuous_melody_1232530
https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/a_strange_galaxy_1233383
Sonnets: https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/my_cassiopeia_1238229
https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/to_my_high_school_math_teacher_1236191
Lighthearted: https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/i_want_but_dont_need_1236871
https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/in_the_moment_1223810
https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/3_cheers_for_the_gear_791918
Writing about writing: https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/write_me_1211581
https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/drumbeat_of_the_muses_1218782
For Loved Ones: https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/this_teacher_1211572
https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/winters_antidote_792408
Autobiographical: https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/a_piece_of_winter_794945
https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/my_spirit_animal_is_a_zoo_1211580
Many thanks to all you Soup poets who write with such dazzling talent, inspiring others to do the same, and all you who leave such uplifting comments. Happy writing! ~ John
Let us never forget Connie Marcum-Wong, a true rose in the Poetry Soup garden.
Here is a link to a poem I wrote as a tribute to her:
https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/a_rose_and_her_thorns_1487351
and here is a link to a touching tribute poem written by Michael Tor:
https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/a_tribute_to_connie_marcum_wong_1487138
There are also lovely tributes written by Sandra Haight and Constance La France, which you can find at their blogs or at their home pages. If other poets would like to add their tribute poems to this list, please soupmail me the information. Thank you ~ John