This is friggin’ amazing, y’all.
Got some copies of my book, which you can get here from Amazon on your Kindle or in print. Now the struggle has a name!
Poetry has kept me sane the last six years, if not the last 25 or so. It’s given me a voice against my mental health, coworkers, companies, and crazy situations I’ve found myself in…even if it wasn’t heard. It’s my art; putting words on a page like a painter uses paint. This is my skill, and this is how I document my reality. I’ve got notebooks full of poems that have been a crucial release point in terms of dealing with myself. Some are good, and some are trash…but the point is to always keep writing, and keep everything you write.
But I often struggle when asked what poetry means to me. Different writers have different answers and comparing one to another is ridiculous. We all write for different reasons, and in the long run this isn’t a competition…we need to support each other no matter what. And I don’t write for solutions necessarily…it’s just my way of dealing with the world that doesn’t always take kindly to strangers in it.
Can I share with you a short sample? Will Eliezer Tristan Publishing mind?
This is how I feel safe and how I feel like I’m contributing to society. It’s how I view the world and make it less awful for me in a corrosive era of our existence. Maybe I didn’t want to be on a team but they threw me a uniform and I had no choice but to be the best I can be, which turned into reaching the pinnacle of the conquest. Maybe this is what I was meant for all along, and my posturing of “good life” was just for show (like so many of you). All I wanted was to get in where I could fit in, and I’ve been able to do that often enough that I don’t hafta worry about who my friends are, even if I’m a shitty friend at times. My body is full of pain, but my heart knows no boundaries. And if that’s who I was born to be and have been lucky enough to survive and spit words, I’ll take it.
Let’s bang out to a published playlist, shall we? Let’s appreciate and support one another!
- The Tragically Hip, “World Container”
- Moneen, “The Passing Of America”
- Faith No More, “Sweet Emotion”
- Modest Mouse, “Sleepwalkin'”
- Public Enemy, “He Got Game”
- Beastie Boys, “Egg Raid On Mojo”
- Dana Fuchs, “Don’t Let Me Down”
- Street Sweeper Social Club, “Mama Said Knock You Out”
- Reggie & The Full Effect, “Your Girlfriends Hate Me”
- Temple Of The Dog, “Times Of Trouble”
Ok you guys…I’m waiting on a tech support call so I can get my website feeling right and the way I want it…I can only scratch that scab for so long til it becomes infected. Anyway, today’s been awesome and thank you all for joining in on the ride!
