Yes. My mother is a wordsmith. She has written beautiful poems. I had no idea how much writing she had done until my sister and I cleaned out her house when she finally let us move her to an assisted living apartment. She has written volumes. I have it all, handwritten on any kind of paper she could get her hands on. I will publish some of them at a much later time. Right now if I ask her about it she acts as if she has no clue what I'm talking about. However, I still am finding her writings in her AL apartment. But aside from the poetry, she speaks perfect English, writes it too. She's 86 and I heard her utter a swear word not long ago.....the first EVER....not sure what to make of that.