Sonja Nic Rafferty
Germany

E-mail Address: rafferty@claranet.de
Please include the word 'POETRY' in the subject line of any email you send.

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Why write poetry, Poet?

I write poetry because I enjoy writing and for expressing the freedom of thought because there has been a lot of pressure in my life. I was an adopted child.

How did you get started writing poetry?

I enjoyed poetry at school and liked compositions. As a student I didn't write poems but essays, most of it got lost. More than a writer I was a painter. I have been writing poems and short stories since 1989. In 1998 I translated many of my texts into English. Nowadays most of my poems and short stories are bilingual.

Who were your influences?

My greatest influences were Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Hermann Hesse. Having Scottish and Irish ancestors, more and more of my poetry is focused on Scotland and Ireland. I read works of Robert Burns and Sir Walter Scott and much more besides. I am also influenced by nature. The sea and Scottish landscape are my favourite topics.

Publications.

I have had poems and short stories published by some German companies.

Examples of poetry.

A Chill December Morning   An Ancient Tree   Ancient Magic   At the End of the Rainbow   Ballad of a Family Search   Bridge To The Roots   Burns Night   Child of the Darkness   Crescent Month August   Dance with the Summer Wind   December is....   Departure of September Sun   Dream Walker   Dunoon in my Memory   Early September Dreams   Eternal Search   Expectations in March   Flashlights of my Life   Floating Autumn Mist   Folk Music   Forget your Scotland Dream!   Hope in a Storm   I Am a Seeker   I Asked the Wind   In A Faraway Land Of The Thistle   January Wind   Life Begins Every Day   Lighthouse of Life   Longing for the Back of Beyond   Luck with all Senses   Magical Isle of Skye   Magic Formula   Memories of Broughty Ferry

Misty Rain   My Impossible Lighthouse   My Scottish Dream   Only The Snowflakes Dance   On the Way   Out of a Longing   Rose of Tristesse   Scotland, Here I Come!   Silently   Solitude Dimension   Soul Heritage   Star Thistles   Teach me SLANG II   The Amber Seeker   The Fullness of Vanilla Pods   The Magic Lighthouse   The Missing Modicum of Luck   The Power Of Scottish Flames   The Roads to Scotland   The Roses of Dundee   The Transitoriness of Snow   Thistles And Heather In The Evening Wind   Thistles In The Clouds   Two Thistles   Turn of the Year   Under the Sign of the Thistle   Wavelengths Apart   Where are You?   Where The Seasons Meet   Where The Thistles Grow   Winter Song   Winter Sun