Meet SplashHall Poet Lou Davies-James aka AlluraD

Singer, Songwriter and Poet, Lou Davies-James has been writing under the pen name Allura Dannon for the past nine years. She is a well-loved member of the internet writing community with numerous awards for her breath-catching expression of the human spirit. Weaving her words like gossamer, she draws you into the recesses of a rare and open heart. Ms. James lives with her husband and far too many cats in Northeast Florida. Her first full length volume of poetry, Adrift In the Holy, was published in January of 2006. Previous works: Drawn As Ever and Eternal Insomnia, both published by Under the Arbour Press in Atlantic Beach, Florida. Visit Lou's Personal Website Here.

I have always loved poetry, words themselves and their melodic quality, the emotion they move the heart to, a connection unrivaled by any other form of writing, besides perhaps music itself. My mother read poetry to me as a child and fostered a love of language in me. My parents were both avid readers. I am one of six siblings and we all love to read and are each artistic in our way.

I've been writing for as long as I can remember. I started writing when I was a kid, fourth grade or so. I love rhyming, metered poetry, structured form and subject. I write in traditional as well as free form styles and believe above all that the poet needs to spill their spiritual blood in the words they craft to make them real, recognized and lend them emotional truth.

We are all in different places as far as writing goes. We all have to learn to crawl before we can walk, before we can run, then fly. Keep your dreams in sight and never let them go. More is attainable than you can ever imagine.

Lou aka AlluraD is an active poet at SplashHall Poetry Boards. You can also hear her at the BZoO HomeGrown Radio with her audio poetry.