Dear Awakening Poet

Dear Awakening Poet Do not fall into the trap of succumbing to “Modern” as a type of poetry. Write as if the ink would disappear when the poem was finished knowing that once written it would live forever. Allow me to offer you a few suggestions as you gaze at the naked page. First and always “Don’t fight it – Write it!”. Don’t ask what poetry is, ask rather “what is a poet”. Make one of your goals to write each day. Save what you write no matter how “bad” you may believe it to be. Revisit these writings and rethink, rewrite, re-imagine and recreate them. Read, study, listen, touch and feel the poetry of others allowing their tempo, cadence and rhythms to tantalize the muse. Play with forms and styles knowing that you will discover the vibrancy of your poetic voice. Cherish the honest critique allowing its sting to stimulate the muse and invigorate the poet. Seek the aid of others who have trudged poetry’s bumpy path. And write, always, from the heart of the aspects of life and love, of sadness and jubilation, of pain and catharsis, but always....always write. In my own experience poetry has been a constant cathartic tool. It has allowed me to place on paper thoughts, feeling, fears, demons, dreams and demystified them, soothed them, giving me pause to reflect on the words brought forth by livings fire. I write about what I think, feel, see, touch, hear, imagine, dream. and use nature as a constant theme-prompt. Here are 10 of my poem for your perusal. 1) Catharsis, 2) A Silent Good-bye 3) Many Miles Away 4) Why Poetry Must Be Read Aloud 5) Write Right 6) A Good Clean Slam 7) Don’t Fight It – Write It 8 )True Love Waits 9) Who Broke It 10) Beware, The Huffle-Winks. My literary background started, and ended, in High School with a dispute regarding the interpretation of a poem. So I set off to find my “poetic voice. Leading me to my poetic mantra – “It is the nature of the poet to provoke, not to explain.” I’ve had a few poems published and been invited into the classrooms in Elementary and High Schools to share my passion for poetry. ©5/15/2018