My poetry collections carry random thoughts - and i emphasize the word random, because each of them speak of different situations, but carry one theme, as the title of each book implies. Quite a few readers believe that whatever a poet writes about, it must somehow relate to an aspect of his/her personal life. I will somewhat disagree with this, because as writers (of both fiction and non-fiction) some of us have the ability to create make-believe scenarios in which the situation can be factual, but the characters are false. I will give examples of this using a few of my poems!
In Never Again (Love Is collection), the poem reveals a narrator who's tired of living life the same way, everyday, facing abuse, day after day after day. She contemplates leaving at first, but thinks, he loves me, he buys me cars, jewelry, why leave? This goes on until she finally faces the truth - the abuse will never stop. She finally makes the decision to stand up for herself and leave, never to return. In a previous blog post, i discussed my inspiration for this poem, and i was able to come up with a perfect scenario for this situation. The situation in question is factual, it is real, but the scenario was made up - I'm not the character in the poem; it didn't happen to me (thankfully).
In In Remembrance (Ruminations collection), the poem reveals a feud between a couple. The narrator is upset at her spouse, and the reader has to read carefully to understand what she's upset about. Infact, you may have to read it a second time to fully get it! :) This poem in particular is actually more of a flash fiction written in poetry form, which is why my collections are called prose-poetry. Here also, the narrator here does not reflect me the author in any way.
In Finding my Place (Ruminations collection), the poem reveals a cunning narrator, who believes it's okay to bribe and deceive and be treacherous, because everyone's doing it and everyone gets away with it. He defends himself to a small part of society who 'hopes' that things will change, ethics and morality will come back, and 'good will win'. Things will never change, he believes. People are bound to only get worse. "Is there a place for me in this world?" he asks. "Maybe there is; I know I'll fit right in." Here also, i speak of a factual perspective on life. The narrator, however, is not me (at least i hope!)
Now to the exciting part - a few of my poems do actually reveal true events in my life! Yes I know i made it seem as though none of my poetry had anything to do with my real life. There are only three of them - You (in Ruminations), The Real World...in Print (in Ruminations) and Dino (in Love Is).
In You, i speak of my mother as i see her; she was my one inspiration that i truthfully wrote about, with real words, from start to finish. In The Real World..., i speak of myself and my writing, my desire to write, to share my vision with the world, to show the world how i see the world. This poem was the second poem i ever wrote; it was written in 2010. In Dino, i speak of a pet puppy i had when i was twelve, and how he sneaked his way into my heart.
I hope i have been able to clarify a few things; if not, hit me up! You know how to reach me here.
Don't forget to tune in to Flash Fiction Friday on March 14th, this coming Friday!
Til next time...
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