Gordon Merritt Biography

My name is Gord and I am a published poet. I am currently submitting my first book of poetry 'Pieces of Me' for publication, wish me luck! I am 52 years young and started writing poetry when I was around 14. I must admit my first poem was written to a girl and wasn't very good, I made all the classic mistakes and it didn't leave very much of an impression. I have always been an incurable romantic and over the years I have learned the proper way to listen to my heart when it comes to poetry. With a lot of trial and error and a lot of rewrites, I finally succeeded in writing my first real romantic poem... A million love songs. From then on there was no looking back. I have many unfinished poems which I will eventually get around to finishing. I am currently single and living in Markham, Ontario Canada and working as a chef (cooking is my other love) . I am also currently writing songs.