About P.D. Guertin

I never set out to be a writer. In fact, I never even liked poetry.

But then I fell in love. And love, as it does, changed everything. Writing became the only way I could cope—the only way I could make sense of what I felt. I didn’t finish school, and I never studied creative writing, but I always loved reading. So I began to put words on paper the best way I could, hoping they might carry the weight of what I couldn’t say aloud.

It was only after I started writing poems that I discovered poets. Before that, poetry felt distant to me. Music was the same—I wasn’t drawn to most of it, except for jazz, classical, and the timeless voice of Frank Sinatra. Many of my poems were written late at night with jazz or classical music playing, guiding my thoughts into rhythm.

I tried to share my work the traditional way—with publishers, with friends. I didn’t have the money to self-publish, and most people I showed my poems to would read one or two but never offer much feedback. Only three people ever truly encouraged me. So instead, I created this website—to share my work directly with those who might connect with it.

My hope is simple: that these words move someone, the way they moved me when I first wrote them, and again when I read them hundreds of times over—sometimes hating them, sometimes admiring them. I’ve learned that appreciation, like love itself, ebbs and flows.

This journey has taught me that writing is not about perfection. It is about honesty. My wish is to keep honing my creative voice, and if my poems reach you in some small way, then I’ve already succeeded.

And if you are reading this, I encourage you with your own wishes. May you find a way to express them, as I have found mine.