Get your own Free Home PageMany people have had things to say about my poetry over the years that I've had this page. When it started out, comments usually went along the lines of "Dark, Depressing, and Shitty.", or "Are You Goth?"
Later on, comments turned into "Dark, Depressing, but Good." and "Are you still Goth?"
Ah, alas, alack, my readers, I have been sorely misinterpreted. I'm not Goth. I have neither the time, patience, money, or fingernail paint and hair dye to be Goth. (Not to mention I listen to the wrong kind of music.) Dark and depressing... well, yes, my work has been that. I'm not a horribly cheerful person to begin with, and I definitely wasn't when I first started writing poetry. But it got to the point where people thought I was suicidal, so I had to put up a little disclaimer.
DISCLAIMER: I'm not suicidal. I'm not Goth. I don't think about Death all the time. Not even most of the time, or anywhere close to a majority of the time. I wish no physical or mental harm on myself or others. I am peaceful and non-violent at heart.
To explain: the reason a lot of my poetry is depressing, dark, dirty, and other d-words, etc., is because usually when I write poetry, I'm home alone, depressed. So that is reflected in my poetry. When I'm having fun, I do other things, such as eat, hang out with friends, play sports, etc. etc. So there's not a ton of happy-happy poetry on my page.
On the other hand, the fact that I don't write as much poetry nowadays should clue people in that I'm not sitting home depressed as much as previously. And the fact that much of my newer poetry is more... "up-beat"... is an even better indicator. So take that, Doc Heidegger!
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