Longtime poet but not in the traditional technical sense. I enjoy rhyme but like to experiment and dabble in many different forms and maybe even make up some of my own. There is always a message or lesson I want to promote through my writing, for that reason, my poetry generally shies away from the abstract and obscure.
Now I find myself branching out and experimenting with short fiction, and thoroughly enjoying this, especially flash fiction.
I have been fortunate to have two poems made into songs and recorded. The first "On the Road to Kingdom Come" by Al Wordlaw, and the second, "If I Could Write a Love Poem" by award-winning Israeli/British singer Tally Koren.
My services increasingly in demand as a freelance writer and I have ghost-written the text for a number of children's books and educational tutorials.
It has taken me many years of searching and restlessness to realise that my life's passion is to write. It saddens me that I wasted so many years not devoting to that, but thinking positively, the experiences gained over those years are now wonderful material for my stories and poems.
I want to try to bring a new focus on poetry and try to make it appealing to a new generation of young people and those who thought they never liked or understood it before.
Longtime poet but not in the traditional technical sense. I enjoy rhyme but like to experiment and dabble in many different forms and maybe even make up some of my own. There is always a message or lesson I want to promote through my writing, for that reason, my poetry generally shies away from the abstract and obscure.
Now I find myself branching out and experimenting with short fiction, and thoroughly enjoying this, especially flash fiction.
I have been fortunate to have two poems made into songs and recorded. The first "On the Road to Kingdom Come" by Al Wordlaw, and the second, "If I Could Write a Love Poem" by award-winning Israeli/British singer Tally Koren.
My services increasingly in demand as a freelance writer and I have ghost-written the text for a number of children's books and educational tutorials.
It has taken me many years of searching and restlessness to realise that my life's passion is to write. It saddens me that I wasted so many years not devoting to that, but thinking positively, the experiences gained over those years are now wonderful material for my stories and poems.
I want to try to bring a new focus on poetry and try to make it appealing to a new generation of young people and those who thought they never liked or understood it before.
Sometimes it just takes time. The muse will come around again, and usually it will be something out of the ordinary that will ignite his/her flame again. Happens to me too often where I lose the creative writing juices and then other times where i find myself unable to write down the words fast enough. Nice work John.
Hi Paul. Yes, I can relate to both those scenarios. It often just takes a change of surroundings or activity that sparks the muse and then the writing just flows.
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Delightful and fun to read poetry, John. Well done.
Thank you, Phyllis. Your reading and comments are always greatly appreciated.
John I love these poems. I have found your words to be true. I want to write poetry and so I do. Thank you for the wise verse.. Jamie
Thank you, Jamie. Yes, I totally agree. I also write poetry because I want to.
Sometimes it just takes time. The muse will come around again, and usually it will be something out of the ordinary that will ignite his/her flame again. Happens to me too often where I lose the creative writing juices and then other times where i find myself unable to write down the words fast enough. Nice work John.
Hi Paul. Yes, I can relate to both those scenarios. It often just takes a change of surroundings or activity that sparks the muse and then the writing just flows.
Awesome and fun John… And so very true.
Thank you Kurt. I just write and whatever ends up on the page, so be it.