Tag: poetry

The Poetry Situation

July 3rd, 2026

This post here is a rather personal one, especially being a poet myself and one that I’m sure other poets will certainly relate to.

So I began with this question, “Who the hell decided that poetry has no market or isn’t valuable enough to make a real living from?”

How many of us poets truly want to take our poetry further? How many of us poets would really like to make a good living from our poetic work? I’m pretty sure you‘ll get where I’m going with this one. Online you research poetry and ways to try and market it or gain money from it. But again, why is this the case anyway? Poetry is vital to our humanity and is very necessary and valuable to say the least. Each poet is unique and to what they bring to the art itself. What happened to the true appreciation for this art form? Why it is not widely accepted as before? Or why does it have to change with the times in order to be relevant at all? These questions linger in my mind every time I see this mess. Poetry is poetry and that to me is more than enough. My passion for it and skill of it is more than valuable and has its place in the world. Just like any other pure poet that brings such uniqueness to this art form, and with plenty to brighten up our world.

Now I didn’t get on here to rant, but instead to get an understanding of the times we’re in with regards to poetry. Even as a teenager, the fact I even mentioned I was a poet turned off my Dad. It’s like I said oh hey,,,I don’t feel like doing anything with my life worthwhile!! Even when it came to design, the same disdain applied. To be an artist, is not only an amazing privilege, but also one of the best things one could ever be or strive to achieve. Maybe I’m a bit bias here, but I will always defend the arts until my dying day. Because I’ve always been proud to be one, and not only that but to expand my talent, passion, and creativity into other areas of art as well. I mean why not? Who died and made someone king or queen and in charge of determining what is art and what isn’t? What’s marketable about it or not? If it deserves to make good money or not? If its trendy or entertaining enough for clicks or short attention spans? Or if it has any real value or not? And worse, is it even a viable career to do at all? Personally, all of this just pisses me off.

Well, long story short my fellow poets and artists as a whole, I urge all of us to just keep going. To not quit or give up, to keep that fire burning inside and never allow anything or anyone to extinguish it. What we have and possess, what we do and have to share in my honest and very personal opinion, is simply and completely invaluable. Crucial to this world and life, vitally important to humanity, and comes from our very core and imagination within. So don’t ever be less, be more. Don’t leave the chair as seen in the image above and place a flower there in your absence. You as a poet, as artists are irreplaceable. Stay strong and poised, stay bold and bring the noise, and never be afraid to be the poet and artist that is you. You’re here for a purpose with this, so go do exactly that and shine a brighter light on this world through you and your poetry.

Much love to poetry and much success to all of us poets.

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Too Much On The Mind

July 2nd, 2026

Have you ever had so much on the mind, that it just feels like the inside of your head is completely full? Full to the point of being no available space left in there at all for nothing else. Having so much going on in there, that you feel overwhelmed and restless. Feeling like you’re unable to shutoff your brain even for just a little while.

Constantly thinking and usually about things that haven’t occurred yet, or have happened but you’re too fixated on it. So much time spent inside your head that nothing gets done due to all the mental traffic. Or trying to take on too many items all at once, when there is only one you. You’re trying to do the work of two or maybe three people, and truly don’t know how to give your own self a much needed break. Having a hard time simply taking a short pause, and perfectionism may be the one of the culprits at hand. We as creatives can suffer from this, or even have creative blocks as well. Also feeling like there’s not enough hours in the day to complete everything. But guess what? How about just start and finish one thing first before moving on to something else.

The Task

Up to the task at hand
But in my mind many thoughts land

For if I could pause time
Just for a little while

I would do so with my powerful mind
As to alter how my thoughts tend to collide

So that I could take on one idea
With the completion thereof

To allow even more of the creativity
That I so surely love

So focus on just one thing at a time, and not try to tackle multiple items all at once. There is nothing wrong with multitasking, until it starts to get in the way of the actual priority itself. Sometimes as creatives we can be very tough on ourselves, and it is unfair and undeserving. Self preservation also includes the mind as well, so stay creative but not at the cost of burning yourself completely out in the process.

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Steps 2

July 1st, 2026

I am

Writing this poem

Just because I want to

And for no other reason than that

As I get to enjoy the poetic freedom

Of having done so and knowing that I can

Do this at anytime or anyplace that I choose to

That is my choice and one that I take great pride in

And will continue to do so until my very last day and life ends

To be

A poet is a joy

And such a creative right

That I get to exercise and repeat

To my very heart’s content and even beyond

As it flows in and out of me as the very breaths

That occupy my lungs and also flows just as much

As the very waters around me and oh how I love to see

Yet another poetic piece formed and written by none other than me

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Poetry and Poets

July 1st, 2026

This art form called Poetry, is one that is very unique, open to interpretation, and free to just be. I have been a poet for over three decades and I’ve seen much in this time related to poetry. There are so many misconceptions about poetry as well, but all in all, poetry has to be appreciated for what it is and not what it’s trying to be. Poetry doesn’t have to be more of anything else or different. We must appreciate it solely for just being poetry itself.

I personally commend poets that have been in the game here for a long time. I salute you and especially for those great works of art that are completely unknown to the world. Some of the very best works of poetry have never even been published or shared. And I for a long time never shared any of my poetic works, and that was okay. Eventually, I decided that I had a real voice through words and that my poetry could really impact the world for the better. Poets are wordsmiths, poets are artists, and poets also use words to shape the world and convey from a place of inner freedom what needs to be stated on many levels about life and humanity.

So, what I am saying here exactly?…Poetry is often overlooked, not always taken seriously, and even worse not seen as the truly valuable art that it’s always been.. Hence, why many poets and their poetry go unnocticed. Not saying this is the case everywhere, but for the vast majority it is. There are many poets I know that many people don’t even know they exist, and they have work that really needs to be out there. If for nothing more, the good of the world and humanity. They’re many starving or tortured artists out there through various forms of art, creatives at heart, and a real passion for what they possess. But many make no money at all from this passion, and most of the time this has been reduced to a hobby instead. But simply writing a poem doesn’t make you a poet either. It’s a lifestyle, it’s you inside and out from a creative core, it’s on your brain constantly without taking any kind of a vacation. It’s words with real purpose and meaning ,and you being the craftsman that helps shape and manipulate these words in fascinating and unique ways. Poetry is for everyone, but not everyone takes poetry seriously or has the true love and passion for it even when no one is looking at it or reading it. Not all poetry is slammed or performed either, poetry is fine in this way from an entertainment point of view, but nothing will ever beat the purity of original written poetry.

My personal perspective and opinion may or may not be liked or agreed upon, and that is okay. But just know that I’ve always called poetry a home for me and also a sweet escape. I live, eat, and breathe poetry and will never stop doing so. I adore it too much to let it go away, it has become such an intricate and vital part of my life. Poetry is wonderful, and always will be, I just hope that Poetry will one day be valued much more and thanks to all the Poets, that see it for more than just words and lines alone.

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