| Oct. 2nd, 2006 @ 06:20 pm Forward to Poetry Book |
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Current Mood:  oh yeah!
I decided to post the forward to my Poetry Book 'of Secrets, Nature & Cats'...
The book is not online yet at lulu.com, but will be soon! I'm still writing a couple more poems for it - but will have that finished in a couple weeks.
I did, however, put up a new book - a Novella called 'The Blessed Isle'.
Actually, it's a piece I did a long while ago. It needs a rewrite, but I felt, hey, that's what Second Editions are for!
http://stores.lulu.com/illusgraph
Anyway - the Forward to the poetry below:
I seem to return to poetry – to write poetry. Poetry is like snap shots of literature. Both external and internal. Meant to be shared with oneself and others. I’ve always liked biographies, autobiographies. Because I was able to get inside someone’s life – in a sense becoming part of it, be it. But, poetry shares bits of the soul. That is why I love poetry. It is sacred, it is communion, it allows one to become one with another in a deep and personal way.
I’ve always considered myself a Poet first as an Artist. Because I have a deep need to share soul. It is why all Art is important, really. Not just to create, but to share what we are. Art is continuum in this World. For ourselves as individuals, and as humanity.
These poems are divided into Early Works and Later Ones. There is a span of real years between them. Likely 15 to 20 years. But, what is most interesting to me is not so much that fact, but rather is the approaches of each phase. In my early poems, which themselves span about 15 years in their creations, I was very concerned with sound as much as meaning in my choice of words. With sensual impact both externally as well as internal. Lately, the poetry I write is meant as personal and private, to be very one on one with the reader. Though I still enjoy playing with sound and its impact; with visual internal colors; I am less concerned with that aspect. I am more concerned with touching the reader with ‘who I am.’
I don’t consider either approach right or wrong. Or even better. Just different. I also hope by saying this that I am also giving the reader a better understanding of who and why these pieces came to be.
Share my soul, share my being; for a moment see what I see, feel what I feel, know what I know. It is my hunger to feed others, to give of my soul. Poetry is my way of becoming part of the continuum of Life. |
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