Written by Susan Lane SLCM Keeper of ColourMine
About Susan Lane SLCM
This about page is part poem, part biography – a lived‑in portrait of who I am, where I’ve been, and how ColourMine grew alongside me.
I’m Susan Lane SLCM – author, poet, website builder, and the person behind ColourMine. I tend to keep things simple, grounded, and real. This page gathers the many parts of me in the way I know best: through poetry, humour, and lived experience.
A definite voyage of discovery
All the different things that are me
Many I have already broached
In my poetry
The garden, the house, the website building,
Yes, that’s all me.
Not necessarily a step-by-step approach
But a sort of commentary.
These things I brought to you,
Courtesy of ColourMine,
My very own shining star and website
Where all the residents stand in line
They live around and about ColourMine
They are all included in this poetry
If you have read through each poem
Then you’ll have a slightly different view
Of how you see me and what I do.
Me and my poetry
The life that I have lived
Has been quite varied you see
With each job I have learned
Lots of different ways to be me,
From mother, field worker, lollipop person,
Cleaner, secretary, administrator,
Stable-hand and carer,
That is all the different me’s.
I never realised my true path
Was author, a writer of poetry
A person with a way to interpret
Visual imagery but here I am,
I was diverted but now I’m back again,
I am completely me.
One thing you may have noticed recently
Is my ever-growing library of original organic poetry,
There are at present 57 on the plate
But there will be more to be seen,
As life unfolds through my poetry
At present they are in maybe 6 or 8 categories,
If you have read them then you’ll know
That not everything I do is put on show.
Some things I do you will not see
Like grass and hedge cutting
To keep my outside world tidy.
You also won’t see my vacuum playing with me
Because I don’t do it that often
There’s only me -
The tops are wiped, the laundry is done,
The dishwasher on, chores complete,
I can go have my fun
Fun for me is bringing my poems to you
I write them all then type them up
With a reasonable 50 to 80 wpm speed
Depending on the day,
And whatever else comes my way.
Although my poems are important to me,
So is my homelife,
Equally,
Over time I shall bring to you
Different aspects to nudge,
Wink and laugh
My facepalm moments,
Of which you’ll find there are quite a few,
Because I’m not infallible
To life’s stupid moments that I unknowingly
Play with diligently
Now it’s time for a cup of tea
Well, Sainsbury’s has been done
Now for a different kind of fun.
Out with the tarpaulin,
Steps and hedge trimmer
A couple of hours to get it tidy
Before another chore comes hurtling towards me.
Life you see has a way
Of shoving all the other extra stuff
In front of me.
I’m not some boring poetic author
Who doesn’t do anything
Apart from writing bloomin’ poetry
That AI thing
You just give it an idea,
A few words, colours, places or items
Grief or laughter or even obesity
Whooptido ding,
In seconds your new poem is seen,
No errors, it’s all flair,
No life experience or emotion there
That’s not me!
Mine is all lived in, experienced with tears,
Laughter, pain and misery.
All the garden with tantrums,
The household chores, yup,
Unfortunately, that’s also me,
Boring as heck but when it’s all done,
I can go have a nice cold glass of Asti
Whilst I sit on my bum
Then there’s ColourMine
What a lightbulb moment that was for me
With all the mental hard work
Building what is essentially
A digital room for my poems for you to read,
Each category I’ve included you see
Is like a separate book shelf
With all the books of my life poems
For you to see lots of different sides to me.
From mother, grandmother, carer,
Sainsbury’s shop assistant,
Yes, I use the Scan and Go, hehe.
Then domestic servant for my animals
And I’m a poetic author and a person,
That’s at least 7 of me
And all you see is someone
Who writes bloomin’ strange poems
Don’t you agree?
Now I’ve invested some time and finally seen
There is a way for you to click a like button
So, I can see if you actually like what you read,
Now time for me to grab a cup of tea
And trawl through other mental quandaries,
Now where’s that tea?
© Susan Lane SLCM. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored, or transmitted in any form without prior written permission from the author.
ColourMine poetry, and the original photographs, are completely authentic to myself, Susan Lane SLCM – no AI, no plagiarism, all checked and verified by copyleaks
Apologies for the emoji presentation – I tested several, but this was the only one that worked reliably on ColourMine. Just click the box next to the emoji and hit submit, and I’ll know if any of my pages resonated with you. Thank you for sharing your feelings.
More poems written by Susan Lane SLCM, and you can choose by category
Blog | Organic voice | A happy survival of triumph here
Contact me – go on, I dare you 😁
You can speak freely. I’m here to listen.
Passage of Time
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