The Shaman's Lament
1 January 2000 |
A cute poem about my spiritual experience at the beginning of the new
millenium. I always find myself telling people to read this one first.
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A Walk on the Beach
20 July 2001 |
My favorite demonstration of how I can turn an experience into words.
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Cultivating Serenity
27 August 2004 |
Poetry helps me explore my feelings, and seek out answers. When I
feel I've found a useful and important insight, I sometimes write a
"self-help" poem to try and help others get that insight. This is my
favorite self-help poem.
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Blue Denim Boy
28 September 2003 |
One of many poems about how subtle aspects of how someone looks can
excite me.
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Accidental Tryst
22 July 2002 |
A serious poem about how paranoid I get after sleeping with someone
for the first time.
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Solace in a Cup of Tea
25 August 2001 |
Tea is a magical beverage. It really can help you bring you back
to yourself.
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22 Year Olds of All Ages
7 July 2000 |
A poem cum personals ad. I think it rings true even years later.
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The Top Ten Things
Twinkies Cannot be Trusted With
23 November 1995 |
Here I transform anger at someone's callous attitude into a poem cum
top-ten-list.
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At the Disco
23 March 1996 |
Both in speech and in poetry, I sometimes take snippets from things
I've heard and smoosh them together into sentences that use reference
to the whole work to imply much in few words.
Now a doubly
favorite poem since my friend Myke Weiskopf put
it to music.
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Manners
24 Feb 2000 |
A comedic collaboration. A particular favorite now that Myke Weiskopf
put it to music.
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The Story of B.
22 January 2000
14 February 2000 (revised) |
A very long poem about a very short but life-changing relationship. I
suspect this one will always remain my most favorite. I wrote it to
process my feelings about that relationship, and ended up much better
able to comfortably be myself. Afterwards I discovered I had a lot
of poetry inside of me.
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