I open my book and stare
trying to catch meanings of words that run
together, eluding me, eloping maybe to some Vegas dictionary
or training for some Oxford English marathon.
But instead of finding the key to John Locke,
all I can think about is the quiet girl
who sells me little boxes of laundry detergent or turns my tens
into rolls of quarters, but never returns my smiles.
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Poems I Enjoy:
Links To My Poems:
- Alcohol and the Creative Process
- Archeology
- Autumn In St. Charles
- Awakening
- Can I Still Write Poetry?
- Chocolate Cerebral Kisses
- Coins
- Contamination
- ee cummings speaks to me
- Explication
- Eye Above America
- Forge
- From Adam To Eve
- In Winter
- Jenifer Street
- Lethe
- Living IT
- Maryland, Late In September
- Meet Me Where We Met
- Night Hike at Moonrise
- Opposite Forces
- Poughkeepsie
- Regret
- Saturday Exploration
- Still Thinking About It
- Story
- Swings
- The Hawk and the Handler
- The Waterman To His Son
- The Youngest
- themeileftbehind
- TI-83
- Writing in Pencil
This is me:
Dear Readers,
I guess if you are going to take the time to read my poems, I should introduce a little bit about myself! Most of my poems are about my life in Maryland or things I have seen and felt at one time or another in my travels---a mixture of my best and worst experiences--a balance.
I love both city life and nature, and this reflects my life experiences in and around Southern Maryland and Washington, D. C. I currently live in Montgomery County. I lived in Florida for a year when I was twelve.
I love to write about how complexity and simplicity are intertwined and indistinguishable, especially in relationships. Things can be great--then boom! Everything's a wreck. Or things can be going terribly--and then boom! Clarity. I love that about life!
Even though I like to use spiritual and Biblical references in my writing, I am not really spiritual in a Biblical sense.
I like to write about my childhood in Southern Maryland fondly, and my darker poems are usually about my transient teens and the "lost days" of my early twenties when I realized that my life was not going to be what I thought it would be. I am not proud of every path I chose, but I have tried to regain who I want to be through my writing. I write about my current life fondly.
So, I hope you enjoy what you read, even the dark stuff! Afterall, I used to love it when it got dark out. Feel free to bring a flashlight.
Kenny
I guess if you are going to take the time to read my poems, I should introduce a little bit about myself! Most of my poems are about my life in Maryland or things I have seen and felt at one time or another in my travels---a mixture of my best and worst experiences--a balance.
I love both city life and nature, and this reflects my life experiences in and around Southern Maryland and Washington, D. C. I currently live in Montgomery County. I lived in Florida for a year when I was twelve.
I love to write about how complexity and simplicity are intertwined and indistinguishable, especially in relationships. Things can be great--then boom! Everything's a wreck. Or things can be going terribly--and then boom! Clarity. I love that about life!
Even though I like to use spiritual and Biblical references in my writing, I am not really spiritual in a Biblical sense.
I like to write about my childhood in Southern Maryland fondly, and my darker poems are usually about my transient teens and the "lost days" of my early twenties when I realized that my life was not going to be what I thought it would be. I am not proud of every path I chose, but I have tried to regain who I want to be through my writing. I write about my current life fondly.
So, I hope you enjoy what you read, even the dark stuff! Afterall, I used to love it when it got dark out. Feel free to bring a flashlight.
Kenny
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This is my favorite poem:
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by ee cummings
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