Bio
Updated:
November, 2002
How my poetry started
I am a 21-year-old male who lives in a suburb of Minneapolis,
Minnesota. I started writing poetry in spring of 1997 but there were only a few
poems intermixed in some love letters I wrote to a girl I had a crush on. I stopped
writing for many months but then got started in again on it in early 1998. I was in
English class and was asked to write a conceit; for that assignment I wrote Your Love, Your Cup of Hot Chocolate. I received some
positive feedback and after that I started writing more often. I
carry a little notebook around with me in which I write all my
poems. I find it a soothing activity for my soul and have been
known to write at almost anytime of the day or night.
While I am no longer technically a "teenager," I still find my poetry
relates very well to young people and old people alike. Who
would have thought that I would have been writing poetry for five
years!
In May of 1998 I showed the book to a couple of my closest
friends and they thought that the poetry was good so I thought I would post it on a web
site and see what the rest of the world thought. WOW. The response has been
very overwhelming for me; I receive emails from visitors to my site and
many have written me telling me that my poetry touched them, restored their faith in the
male heart, patched a relationship, told a love how much they cared, brought tears to
their eyes or just a feeling that they were not alone. I feel really good knowing
that my poetry has made an impact on someone's life.
More about me
As I said before, I'm
21 and live in a suburb of Minneapolis,
Minnesota. I work in real estate, do computer
consulting part time, and attend college classes on a part time basis. I
have been politically active, sitting on a state commission for my political party and have
worked on numerous political campaigns.
The women in my poems
The thoughts and emotions that show
through my poetry are mostly from real life experiences, however, I
typically will elaborate on those experiences and emotions so that I
get more powerful poems. The reality of my life isn't quite as
nice as the one I write about sometimes. I have had several
loves in my life during the past few years and have had a broken heart
each time. I also have had several women I've wanted but could
not have for one reason or another. Loss of love and sadness are
apparent in many of my poems since the depressing parts of love seem
to last longer than the happy parts. I'm sure you can relate.
I also find that most of my poetry is written when I am depressed,
which I hear is typical among many poets.
I have a lot of very close female friends and they play a big
role in keeping me together. Without them I would be lost and I don't think they
know how important their friendship has been in my life. They are the ones that are
there to pick up what's left of me after a bad breakup. There's something about a
woman that makes me putty in their hands, I'm not sure I could point out any one feature
but rather I believe it is the whole package that just gets to me. At my age I am
not looking for someone to spend the rest of my life with but rather just someone to share
my present thoughts, feelings and emotions with; a companion in life as opposed to a
companion for life.
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