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| Plastic Sleeve of Words (image by rmp, that's me) |
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| Self-Published -- Print Run of One (image by rmp, that's me) |
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| Mind, Body, & Soul (image by rmp, that's me) |
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| Cover Art (image by rmp, that's me) |
with college over and my 'adult' life beginning, i continued to write, but in more sporadic bursts. it was at this stage in my life that i began to put things together with purpose and expand my writing. having never had any patience for writing stories longer than ten pages or so, i took an idea i thought might make a good script (didn't know the first thing about writing a script) and entertained the idea of writing a novel for a sliver of a moment. in the end, i decided to stick with what i knew best and wrote my first (and only) chapbook of poetry called 'Three Hearts Betrayed'. strangely enough, just about six months later i began writing my first novel (though it might classified more as a novelette), while also writing a book-length collection of poems. it took me longer to write the collection, 'Teacher's Insomnia' than the book, 'Herstory: man's plight for equality'. since i've written another novel, 'Call Alex' (originally entitled 'Supermarket Jezebel'), and a book-length collection of poems, 'Me--Naked to the Core'. [note, i write to purge, for pleasure, and for a sense of accomplishment...so no nothing is publish...nor have i tried.]
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| Poetry with Purpose (image by rmp, that's me) |
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| More Words Than I Could Contain (image by rmp, that's me) |
that brings us to more present day. i started this blog just over a year ago after a dream i had that told me i had been neglecting a part of myself. thus far i have written (including this one) 215 posts, of which 113 contain new poems (some may have more than one poem...so we are looking at about 123 poems total). i believe this is my longest consistent poetic streak. it also gave birth to a short story ('With Just a Touch') that, though finished in my head, is taking me some time to finish. so why is this blog more successful than the first? #1, i have my rules that keep me on target. #2, this is not another attempt at reinventing my Poetry List (those who know me don't even know this blog exists, at the moment). i can't quite explain how #2 has helped this blog survive, but i guess before i had the excuse of they're not bloggers and don't quite get the whole following idea, so i didn't have a driving force to keep me going. that is why my #1 reason works so much better.
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| Meet the Children's Books (image by rmp, that's me) |
anyway, that is my journey. i'm sure i missed somethings along the way like my three children's stories (did the illustrations myself which probably explains my not feeling the need to mention them) and super-short stories (some of them are a bit twisted). this journey was inspired by One Stop Poetry who i should thank for providing me with a reason to reminisce, i know this journey was more than they bargained for.
Below you will find my first three poems. the first, well i like roses (preferably shades of pink) and i've always sort of linked them to love. the second, i'm still trying to figure out. the third, well that would be teenage unattainable love.
The Rose
It represents love, peace, agony, and pain.
But mostely it symbolizes the love which I hold.
A special love that is held only for you.
It's a love that like the rose will slowly wilt and die,
but one which will blossom with the right nourishment.
Together Forever
'Til death do we part
to mourn for one another
Death will over come us
and soon we shall be one
You
My thoughts are always with you;
My feelings always for you;
My words, however, are rarely about you;
Yet, my heart shall always speak of you.
