Mari Martin Biography

The greatest compliment to a poet is for a poem to touch a heart and stimulate a mind. Thank you for your comments if you leave one, and, if you don't that is fine too. I hope my poetry touches you in some way.

Born the middle child of 10 siblings. My Father was a poet only for my Mother. My Mother was a music major. I have written as far back as memory goes. I actually grew up in Europe the first 14 years of my life. My Father was a lifetime Air Force Pilot. I have seen more countries in my lifetime than some can even dream of. Each summer my Father took us on a 3 month vacation all over the UK, Scandanavia, and Europe. I remember it all with great love. My parents are gone now, but, they live on in my poetry, their gift to me.

I think my first poem was actually pictures. I was eight at the time. Later at age 15 I found the drawings I did, a sequence of pictures. I sat down with them and wrote the poem, 'My Favorite Place'.

I have had many ask me why I write.
It is a question that has been asked of me many times. Each time I smile and repeat
the question to myself, wondering if the answer will be the same. It never is.

My Father always said I wrote because I was too
shy to speak of things. My Mother saw it a different way. She said I had the gift of
seeing with my eyes and heart, and that what I captured with them became words to share with
those who could not draw with words.

I write...because it is part of me.