Stephen Tefft

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09/12/202520 Rhyme
09/12/202528 Rhyme
09/11/202524 Rhyme
09/11/202538 Rhyme
09/10/202590 Rhyme
09/10/202574 Sonnet
09/10/202588 Rhyme
08/08/202591 Rhyme
08/08/202539 Rhyme
08/08/202562 Rhyme
08/08/202553 Rhyme
07/18/202558 Rhyme
07/18/202536 Rhyme
07/18/202558 Rhyme
07/18/202571 Sonnet
07/16/202559 Rhyme
07/16/202578 Rhyme
06/17/202559 Rhyme
06/17/202555 Rhyme
06/17/202559 Rhyme
06/10/2025128 Senryu
06/10/2025110 Rhyme
06/10/2025145 Rhyme
05/28/2025271 Rhyme
05/16/2025256 Rhyme
05/16/2025253 Rhyme
05/15/2025572 Rhyme
05/15/2025211 Sonnet
05/09/2025287 Rhyme
05/09/2025283 Sonnet
05/09/2025265 Rhyme
05/08/2025232 Rhyme
05/08/2025214 Rhyme
05/06/2025231 Rhyme
05/05/2025279 Rhyme
04/29/2025243 Sonnet
04/24/2025168 Rhyme
04/24/2025237 Sonnet
04/24/2025167 Rhyme
04/24/2025148 Rhyme
04/21/2025188 Rhyme
04/21/2025181 Rhyme
04/21/2025261 Rhyme
04/21/2025132 Rhyme
04/21/2025170 Rhyme
04/17/2025329 Rhyme
04/17/2025283 Rhyme
04/17/2025237 Rhyme
04/17/2025240 Rhyme
04/17/2025277 Sonnet
04/11/2025311 Rhyme
04/11/2025298 Rhyme
04/11/2025261 Rhyme
04/11/2025322 Rhyme
04/11/2025261 Rhyme
04/07/2025303 Rhyme
04/07/2025288 Rhyme
04/07/2025292 Rhyme
04/07/2025284 Rhyme
03/18/2025349 Rhyme
03/18/2025292 Rhyme
03/18/2025287 Rhyme
03/18/2025294 Rhyme
03/05/2025220 Rhyme
03/04/2025223 Rhyme
03/04/2025105 Rhyme
03/04/2025214 Rhyme
03/03/2025111 Rhyme
03/03/202598 Rhyme
03/03/2025105 Rhyme
03/03/202557 Rhyme
02/28/2025528 Rhyme
02/28/2025311 Rhyme
02/26/2025313 Other
02/20/2025437 Rhyme
02/20/2025264 Rhyme
02/20/2025277 Rhyme
02/20/2025398 Rhyme
02/19/2025428 Rhyme
02/19/2025316 Rhyme
02/19/2025310 Rhyme
02/19/2025381 Rhyme
02/14/2025217 Rhyme
02/14/2025249 Rhyme
02/14/2025277 Rhyme
02/14/2025183 Rhyme
02/14/2025226 Rhyme
02/12/2025130 Sonnet
02/12/2025101 Rhyme
02/07/2025323 Rhyme
02/06/2025157 Rhyme
02/06/2025206 Rhyme
02/06/2025219 Rhyme
02/06/2025184 Rhyme
02/06/2025218 Rhyme
02/04/2025313 Rhyme
02/03/2025338 Rhyme
02/03/2025388 Kyrielle
02/03/2025393 Ode
01/31/2025332 Rhyme
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Biography

I hate writing biographies. I'd rather let my songs, stories, and poems speak for themselves. However, the Wife says it's important to let myself be known, so...

For as long as I can remember I've wanted to write songs. Matching the right melodies with the perfect lyrics is a joy I cannot really describe. I started with poetry in highschool as a way of getting certain thoughts and feelings out of my head where they'd do less harm.

My sophmore year english teacher, Miss Heck, trying to teach a bunch of uninterested kids about poetry, decided to use song lyrics as examples. I was a lost and lonely outcast with no friends. An artist's soul in a school of jocks where ability in sports equalled acceptance and anything else led to ridicule and abuse. 

She played Paul Simon's "I Am A Rock" and my heart froze... I felt like the world stopped and everyone was looking at me... This was the very first time I had an inkling that other people could feel the same way I do. Almost as if I wasn't totally alone in life. It was world changing. 

Eventually, many years of emotional growth later, with the help of some good, like-minded friends, I started adding music, thinking it would take me places. I haven't really gone anywhere... "After changes upon changes we are more or less the same..."

I have a wife who is better than I could ever deserve. I have four children who are following me down the long, lonesome road of creativity. I have friends I admire and try to emulate. "I have my books and my poetry to protect me." (thank you Paul Simon!)

If you like my poetry, please check out my music: www.abitaskew.com

God bless!

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