I came across a bunch of my notebooks while cleaning up, so I will be sharing poems from different eras of my life. I will cycle back to my poems written in the 1990's at another time. After reading this poem, which was written in 2001, I could not stop thinking about it. I cannot… Continue reading A Poem – Week Nine
Category: Writing
Two More Poems – Week Eight
The following are the other two poems that were published in my high school literary magazine my freshman year. Troubled Woman's title was inspired by the Marvin Gaye song, "Trouble Man. My goal was to capture to the grittiness of his music from the 1970's. Sorrow was based on a painting that I saw during a… Continue reading Two More Poems – Week Eight
Two Poems – Week Eight
In a word, high school was miserable. Even though it was only the first semester of freshman year, I no longer had the friends I had in middle school. We were still in the same classes together, but I was on the outside of the inner circle. I had an epic verbal battle with my… Continue reading Two Poems – Week Eight
A Poem – Week Seven, Part Two
Since I haven't posted a lot lately, I decided to post another poem this week. It's a short one and it was probably written around 1995. Spring Everything is anew And the stars are bright Glowing in the night The birds are singing Love is in the atmosphere People are starting to care The… Continue reading A Poem – Week Seven, Part Two
A Poem – Week Seven
This poem is about dark feelings ranging from having the blues to being suicidal. It was written on July 8, 1997. This poem is not autobiographical, but based on the struggles I observed in someone while wishing for a solution to their agony. I was only a teenager when I wrote this, so I did… Continue reading A Poem – Week Seven
A poem – Week Six
This week's poem is about keeping a secret that is exposed by another person, not the person keeping the secret. This poem is fiction and from a time where I tried to write at least a poem per week. I used to run out of ideas, so I would use song titles or book titles… Continue reading A poem – Week Six
A poem – Week Five
This poem, written on November 18, 1996, was born of a desire for a better life. I felt like people were holding me back and I needed to take control of my happiness. Self-Love Today's the day I'll be all I can be Today's the day I'll stand up for me No more falling… Continue reading A poem – Week Five
