For my entire life, sports and exercise were my outlet for stress. Then, in 2015, I broke my ankle in a pickup game of basketball. I needed a new way to cope with my feelings and anxiety, and I discovered poetry. At first, my desire to write came from a frustration for not being able to find poems that I related to 100%, so I started creating the kinds of verses I'd hope to discover in the wild. Since then, writing has slowly become a bigger and bigger part of my life to the point where I currently have hundreds (if not thousands) of poems stashed away in 3-ring binders. I've finally worked up the courage to start submitting some for publication, but the harsh reality is that a lot of my favorite poems, whether they're technically sound or not, likely will never be published in journals due to their style or themes. Because of that, I've decided to create this blog where I can post some of my favorite throwback poems that might not find any love elsewhere.
With that being the case, here's what you can expect. I'll try to submit a handful of poems a couple times each month with short discussions attached. I'll try to work in chronological order (more or less) from my oldest stuff to my newest stuff. Finally, I'm going to avoid making too many further revisions. I want to document my progress as a writer, so any stylistic matters that I've since improved upon will be left as they originally were written.
Enjoy!
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