Poems

My poetry below, read by me, or you can visit my AudioBoo account, listen there, and leave comments.

Poetry, aside from personal letters, is the most intimate form of writing. Poetry is where all the emotions people can't speak of and all the experiences they can't have, go to live. It's a home for the castaways, the broken, the thoughts that, if they could walk down the street, would cause most people to look away, pretending they don't see them. It is also home for transcendence: for capturing that four second moment of glorious joy and love so pure and intoxicating that you could heal any hurt and fix any worldly problem if you could just remain within that moment. Poetry captures four second moments. It cuts to the heart of a story or experience, ruthlessly, decisively, perceptively. Its appetizer format—longer than a single bite, shorter than a meal—can pack a holy punch, taking your breath away. It leaves room in your stomach for indulgence in variety. Poetry may not be based on any personal reality, or it may reflect the realest reality you've ever felt. Of all forms of writing I aspire to master, it is, in my biased opinion, the highest art form.

I kinda like it.