Poetry

Don’t let the age of a poem put you off–I update these periodically as the meaning of the poem becomes more clear to me. I think when I get the urge to write poetry, I have a meaning buried in my sub-conscious, but often times that meaning only becomes apparent in the poem after a lot of contemplation and rephrasing. Think of my poems as diamonds in the rough (or clods of dirt in the rough, if you think they’re crap ;) initially, and then they get polished over time as I better interpret my own message.

• Fitting In — 19 Oct 05
  

  I look so goddamn normal / That it ought to relax me

• Really bad poetry — 19 Nov 04
  

  These poems are meant to be parodies of so much crappy, angst-ridden poetry I see out there.

• I Slipped in Munich — 25 Jul 04
  

  While you were elsewhere / Counting stones in the Andes

• Self Importance — 22 Jul 04
  

  And just how damn elite / Would you have to be?

• Sulphur — 21 Dec 03
  

  Just pack up and / Take my insomnia somewhere else

• Solitary — 20 Nov 03
  

  Pass five thousand faces / And none of them yours

• The Futility of Intimidation — 25 Apr 03
  

  They’re brought on in reason / Or fits of it, at least

• Breaking Up — 16 Feb 03
  

  While you supported and held holy / All the things required

• Same Road — 28 Nov 02
  

  And found it unpaved / And it was negated

• The Next Soul — 21 Nov 01
  

  It doesn’t drape black on the ground / Nor does it shake the soil and corrupt the worms’ movement

• Dream Chroma — 14 Nov 01
  

  The napping ones lost their entertainment however / When pink and orange blurs stole the sky

• Fall Free — 17 Oct 01
  

  They’ve always had a flair for / Catching the fairies released

• Snow Trip — 16 Sep 01
  

  But it seemed a good idea at the time / As I stepped down upon the stair

• Chance’s Escape — 13 Sep 01
  

  You ignored this path / Escaped duos through the labyrinth

• A Friendly Science — 31 Aug 01
  

  I doubt you’d have listened / If the chemistry lessened

• Not Here — 19 Aug 01
  

  That are too close together for comfort / But they claim there’s nothing

• Alice — 25 Jun 01
  

  Hunters of fair mind / Rule other, weaker hearts

• Quirks — 16 Mar 01
  

  You’ve got a simple resignation / To be an epitome