John Lavan has been actively writing poetry for the past 10 years. Many of his poems are inspired by family relationships – and particularly a precious relationship with his first son Andrew, who has Down’s syndrome.
He has won prizes in UK poetry competitions and been published in various US magazines and anthologies. John is a significant blogger with around 1,000 hits a day on his blog realpoems.org. He aims to write a poem every day.
A Yorkshire man, John believes that poetry connects with feeling and pushes out the wings of perception such that, after reading a good poem, we think and feel somewhat differently.
He works as a management consultant, travelling extensively in the UK and living in Yorkshire and Cumbria.
The message from a poet’s heart open to the reader. This is a fine example of poetry with a distinctive but subtle messages of being aware of life as he knows it to be. His words come at you like a conversation among family and friends..
My appreciation for John Lavan's poetry began on Twitter. He has a talent for allowing himself to be vulnerable in his writing which touches others deeply. I haven't read his book yet, but I've read enough of his work to be eager to dig into this work when I need a lift, a thought, or a smile.