POETRY AND MENTAL HEALTH, AN ODE TO YOURSELF AND OTHERS. INTRODUCING KYLA QUINLIVAN

My name is Kyla Quinlivan. I am 22 years old and I live in London finishing my degree in Psychology and I’m about to move to Manchester to do my Masters course. I started writing poetry about three years ago now to help deal with my mental health. I wrote poetry to be able to express how I was feeling at a certain time in my life. As time has passed I’ve realised more and more people were interested in my poetry because it also helped them find the words to express the ways they were feeling. Kyla has kindly shared with us two of her poems, if you enjoy her work give her a follow on instagram: @heyitskylaq