Valerie

Bloom

Valerie Bloom was born in 1956 (63 years old)

she was born in Clarendon, Jamaica

The poet came to England in 1979

She studied English with African and Caribbean Studies at the University of Kent at Canterbury.

She writes poetry in English and Jamaican patois for all ages

and has performed her work throughout the world

She had her first poem published when she was just eighteen years old

Valerie has had many collections of her poems published

She had eight brothers and sisters

One of her favourite poems is called Fruit

One of her favourites is called Fruit