What is poetry? This art form isnβt willing to be defined, labeled, or nailed down. Its words are the chiseled marble of language. It is a paint-spattered canvas, but the poet uses words instead of paint, and you are the canvas.
In ππ ππππ‘πππ, Stephen King claims βoutlines are the last resource of bad fiction writers.β King suggests they limit inspiration and the joy of creativity. Jack Kerouac likely agreed, writing novels such as ππ π‘βπ π πππ in a stream-of-conscious style on a long roll of paper.
Iβve always been an avid reader. About ten years ago, I decided to write my first book. I grew up on Agatha Christie and Sherlock Holmes, but the supernatural called to me and enticed me. I wanted to write a book with all the sarcasm and wit of the TV show, Supernatural, the mystery of…
I didnβt set out to become a poet nor did I sit down one day thinking I would try to write a poem.Β For me it began more circuitously.Β It began with a foreign tongue.Β For me, reading and more importantly translating is the way I first discovered the stirrings of my own voice within.…
