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POETRY
As you might have
read in the biography part, I started writing
when I was nine years old. It was very derivative of movies and my fantasies
within them. Then I became a senior in high school and started writing derivative poetry from song lyrics being
that I had a lot to work with when I started listening to R.E.M. It wasn't until Christmas Eve of 1995 when
I wrote my first original poem, titled "The Moon and a Star", inspired by the then recent loss of
my first love and an astronomical event where Venus was aligned almost
perfectly with the crescent moon. From then on I was unstoppable. I might Richard
Gomez and my writing went through the roof, I wrote so much about that guy, a
minute amount of it actually good. After that ended my psyche changed and
after trying out and liking marijuana my poems became
very arch and experimental. After that I evened out a little and started to
make them my own meaning, however arch, but understandable enough to make an
impression. I tried out many poetry readings until one night I read a very
gay poem and the person after me had to affirm that she was not gay. I
decided to start writing for my own use. I met Tom and my
poetry blossomed after some constructive criticism from the true artist side
he had. Then Dan came along and everything I learned from Tom became stunted
in paranoia, drug intake, and general depression. Then I bought a copy of
Beck's "Midnite Vultures". Somehow that woke me up and I began
writing like a fool again, and some of my best work came out of this period. I moved in with
Nessa for the first time and my mom's death came soon after, offering up a
spurt of material before a 5-6 month depression spell. Toaph made his way into
my life then and my poetry skyrocketed once again. Those were the best
infatuation poems I ever wrote because this time I was being overly critical
in order to post them for his and others' consumption. I wrote from the heart
but let the mind do the editing. Some of what came out of this time was
excellent, some not. Since that dried
up, I haven't been writing poetry much lately at all. I have had inspiration
but when they came I had a scrap piece of paper and it's been difficult to
gather them again. Maybe posting these will increase inspiration once again.
Even my cat knows I have much material to write. In any case, here's
a small sample of my writings. I will post more but want to see how these go
over first. Opinions
are more than welcome. 1. "Soul of Sand" - January 31, 2000 2. "A Hundred Away" - August 18, 1999 3. "Things that Might Fly Free" - March 9-10, 1999 4. "How Far Away" - July 12, 2000 5. "Your Apathy" - September 25, 1998 6. "Goodbye, My Friend" - February 14, 1999 7. "New Years List" - August 15, 2000 8. "The Poem in the Casket" - October 9, 2000 9. "Not Far Enough Away"(Parts 1 & 2)" - July
15, 2004
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