Introduce Yourself

[Britton]

Many thanks for this space. Many more thanks to everyone for supporting each other. For, being a writer is not just enough in this digital age, I understand. One has to be a creative head, marketing head, and PR head and I don't know what else. Ah, disappointingly tiring. Well, thanks again and I am Britton.

[Michael]

What's up, guys, I'm Michael Centrone. Newly self-published author from Queens, New York, that writes dark, introspective poetry coming from inner-conflict and disdain for the disheartening elements of modern society. My goal is to communicate the urgent and critical nature of my thoughts through written words so they don't consume me. I'm immensely intrigued by anthropology, philosophy, and psychiatry of Homo Sapiens. Also a long-time vocalist in the metal, death metal, and rock genre.
My debut poetry book, 'How Much is Self-Worth?: Ruminations of a Rented Slave', is available on Amazon in paperback, eBook, and audiobook!
Nice to meet you all!

[Snehashree]

Hey hi all,
I am Snehashree from India.
I have a book to my credit, “ A Hiatus from the Loaded Past.”
I would love to have reviews.
I would love to connect with others.

[chiaralouise]

Hi everyone! My name is Chiara. I’ve been writing down my thoughts and poetry for years but never published anything. In 2019 i finally started to share my words on instagram (@ch.l.poetry). Really looking forward to connect with some of you!!

[Kristin]

Greet's fine denizens of this group,

My name is Mr. Kristin B. Weaver, unusual for someone born of the male gender but "that's life". Pennsylvania native, and more of a natural Poet.

My poetry is fueled by my heart and soul, directed by my mind. My first poem was published in childhood after being selected for publication by the 1996 Pennsylvania Young Poet's contest.

In my early 20's I sought to write my first manuscript, but illness slowed my progress, and a head trauma took it all away. My ability, desire and even my dream, just vanished.

In early 2020, after recovering the ability to write poetry, it was like a dam burst inside. An explosion of writing in different directions, until I remembered my dream in life, my sense of purpose.

After that revival of sorts, I poured my heart and soul out on my first manuscript which I copyrighted and Self-Published in late 2020:

Unrequited: A Poetic Tale of a Tragically Doomed Romantic Courtship

It has been slow going, because I'm kind of a hermit recluse, and the holiday's aren't my friend. Wasn't planning on self publishing as soon as I did, because I thought copyright would take longer.

So playing catchup in marketing.

My preferred style of writing is Narrative Poetry. Using the form, function and flow of Poetry, to tell a story.

[Arthur]

Nice to meet you! I'm from the Mon Valley, but went o high school near Philly, then Penn State. Where are you from? PA appears in a lot of my poetry still.

[Charles]

Hello...I'm Charley Springer, author of a first collection of poems entitled JUICE published by Regal House Publishing. There are love poems, poems about family and place spoken with humor and pathos, poems about growing up and grown ups. Here are poems for those who traditionally don't read poetry. JUICE poems will quench all thirsts.

(This is a little description I wrote somewhere that quickly sums up JUICE's content.)

I am currently writing (and publishing) a bunch of prose poems. I enjoy writing (and reading) these most of all. Somehow a prose poem frees up time and space and for me, allows for more whimsy, if you will. I'm particularly fond of some of Russell Edson's work and going in another direction, James Tate.

Thanks for taking the time to read my intro. You can visit my website if you like at https://www.charlesspringer.com

Best to you...Charley

[Renee]

Hello Poets,

I'm Renee Sarojini.

Thank you for this group and thanks for the group rules: agreed!

I'm a published poet rekindling my Good Reads account; I've been a member since 2013.

I'm currently working on a forthcoming poetry book.
Happy to be here...thought I'd search out a poetry group for #NPM2021.

[Joan]

Hi! My name is Riikka Johanna and, I'm a German-Finnish writer and translator. My first own book was published 2017 in Finland. It is not very famous. I'm seriously interested in poetry translation, and, my Finnish translation of Paul Celan's Snowpart is going to be published very soon.
It is nice to be here and see what everybody is writing and reading.

[Joseph]

Hello Riikka -- Please let me know when the Celan translation is plublished. Looking forward to reading it. - J. Murphy

[Joan]

Hi! My Finnish translation on Paul Celan's Schneepart is now published. You can buy it for example in Finnish and Nordic online book stores like adlibris or booky.

[Joseph]

Thanks!

[Jai]

I love to read and write poetry...... just published my second book “Impressions”



I love to read and write poetry..... just published ......


My second Book
Impressions

Sample poems: “first one”
From the three chapters,
With five sub sections,
Having ten poems each!

1. Chapter As Life Unfolds
Sub section. Cosmos

Poem. “Earth”

2. Chapter Introspective Pondering’s
Sub section Dark

Poem. “Shoo....!”

3. Chapter Under A Cloud
Sub section Digital

Poem. “A Number Game”






Earth

Between volcanic eruptions,
Water and light evolves,
Ensures a natural sequence,
Creates our first living DNA:

They say the mountains arose,
Continents drove out the sea,
Lands freely grew to nature’s joy
And life developed in complexity.

A speck in the universe,
We became God’s oasis!




Shoo.....!

Aren’t you in a bit of a hurry?
Holding that gun
Take my purse,
Why worry?

Just look at you,
A midget by default
The “wee willy winky”;
Here to assault?

Can’t you understand?
I don’t like you, not my type
Really not you; Confused?
You, nut-wit, mediocre hype!



A Number Game

New criteria are for slot machines
Wheels spin, gets you badges,
Love the muse that unsettles you,
Hog your limelight from rotten deal.

Poems you write will talk to you;
Words you can sing and rhyme,
Content is what matters,
Readers want more than you can give.

Life is not a number Game,
Likes can come for free;
Bad verses bring comments.
Worst pieces are for foes.

Quantity gets you praises,
Quality unleashes jealousy!


Amazon: https://amzn.to/3mpAIv0


Flipkart: https://www.flipkart.com/impressions/...


https://shop.storymirror.com/impressi...

[Deborah]

https://www.goodreads.com/group/invit...

[KEN]

Hi Everyone... At the Poetry Spot...
Happy New Year!
Just introducing myself.
I am a Poet/Songwriter/Screenplay writer, etc.
Just wanted to share this Poem (Prose)...
Tell me your thoughts?

SEMANTICS ANTI…THE ANTE-SEMANTIC
by Ken Kammal

The validity of the velocity of one’s voice is mandated by the movement, in which the facilitator of such a voice, can be voiced. It is truly the semantics of redlined rhetoric, imposed on those who are truly Ante-Semantic.

Before the carefully crafted, although bile made believable, semantics move with force. The force propagandizes a message that overwhelms the auditory sensors. Bringing retention of the attention of the masses. So, the semantics start to stall out the very word of the Ante-Semantic one.

I am not a stickler for talking over a person…but it is the overthrowing of a person, that is only throwing up an enlivened and enlightened layup of a statement. And for that very act, the retentive masses are put into a flux. You know, that point where they have been pulled away from the thing that only attempts to penetrate the impression and has no intent of being profound.

Is it better to be swallowed whole, by the whole of life.
Instead of a Being that is benign and redlined by the maladjusted thoughts of a Mankind. I am leaving behind the rote learning that has seemingly rotted my mind… try and say that to them.

There is no advice that I can give to those who are Ante-semantic. Merely avoid telling a Man or for that matter a world, who knows all well that you are “ANTE”-Semantic. They just want to talk over you, to the masses, who don’t know they have tolerated this solicited salacious untruth…
It all just makes you look uncouth.

Link to Blog: https://www.kenkammal.com/blog

[Julie]

Hi thanks for this group to share our published poetry work
I published on kdp Amazon on kindle unlimited last year
It’s called

Just add coffee or tea a tea break read mix of my poems
By julie McCarthy

Would love any good or bad reviews
Many thanks 🙏


https://www.amazon.com.au/Just-Add-Co...

[Jacqueline Henry]

Greetings, I'm Jacqueline Henry Hill. My bookAll Things in Time: A Book of Poetry was published in December, 2022 through BookBaby.

https://store.bookbaby.com/book/all-t...

Comments about my book include "...a deep look into life's encounters."

[Jacqueline Henry]

Greetings, I am Jackie and am excited to be a published poet! My first book of poetry was published by BookBaby in December, 2022. A recent comment says, "...a deep look into life's encounters".

All Things in Time: A Book of Poetry
https://store.bookbaby.con/book/all-t...

[KEN]

Is POETRY really poetry anymore... Though if you speak from the Muse...Some might not find it amusing? I recently had a prose poem that was BANNED on Instagram? here is the link: https://www.kenkammal.com/blog
"Mentally Minted Souls"
#kenkammal

[Grasshopper]

We are a #BookClub for upcoming authors. Check out our annual publications:
Goodreads Best Short Stories 2019
Goodreads Best Poems 2020
Goodreads Best Short Stories 2021
Goodreads Best Poems 2022
Follow us on Goodreads, Facebook, Instagram(goodreads_new_authors) Twitter (authors_new)

[Phyllis]

Good Day All:

My name is Phyllis P. Colucci aka "fictiontarot", and I am new to this group - but would love to share my Poetry book here "Treasure Chest of Words (A Collection of Original Poems) (Revised Edition)" and would love to read your poetry as well. I self-publish on Amazon-Goodreads-Barnes and Noble (Fiction Novels as well) ; I also write for "Spillwords.com", an online writing community; and I have a blog going at PhyllisPColucci.blogspot.com (Poetry, and miscellaneous posts about anything and everything)...So very glad to connect. Have a great day and write on my friends! - Phyllis

https://www.amazon.com/Treasure-Chest...

[R.]

Hello. I'm R.J. Schwartz, published poet and owner of the international writing website, The Creative Exiles.

[Manishi]

I love to describe myself as a bohemian who loves to play with the positive and negative spaces on the canvas, computer screen, and words. Artist is a very powerful word to self-proclaim, however, I love to be artistic in everything I do.

As a child, my hobbies were painting, art and craft, sports, Indian classical dance, and writing. Over the years I have realized that I am more expressive and better off when I put my thoughts onto paper. I am an extrovert with some and an introvert with others may be the perfect fusion.

Almost, always self-driven from the heart I self-published my first poetry book ‘The Green Signal’ in 2019 available as an e-book and paperback on Amazon worldwide.

‘Fireflies in the Sunshine’, my second book comes from a much more evolved, awakened woman, who has grown positively with an aspiration to reach the stars not for money or fame but for the belief in myself, that I exist, that I am alive and always will.

[Angelina]

Hello everyone,
My name is Angelina and I am an artist, singer, and writer.
I've been writing stories since I was a young child, designing and drawing the characters. When I was ten, I started writing poetry.
After realizing that I had written a great many poems throughout my life, I decided I wanted to somehow publish them, put them out there. So I put together my favorite ones and published a book of poems in July 2022. Since I started college, I have also used opportunities to perform spoken word.

https://www.amazon.com/Imagination-Dr...

[Aubrey]

Hello,

My name is Aubrey E. Drummond, I'm an old fart, so if I don't get this social media thing right, oh well. I'm an independent writer of poetry. I have 3 (three) books on Amazon published through KDP. Feel free to rate and or critique my work on Amazon.

I also publish poems 5 times a week on my AUBPoem.com website.

Thank you,
AUB

[Kira]

Hi! My name is Kira, and I'm a poetry enthusiast. The world needs more poets and less politians, right? I just self-published my second collection of poetry, "Death By You Is Beautiful: Poems by Kira Rice" available on Amazon 11.8.24. I hope you check it out if you are at all interested in feminity, romance, heartbreak, mental health, or nature.

[Carlos]

Thank you for your note. I will read you for sure.

[Jasmine]

Hi.
I am Jasmine, a storyteller who refuses to be confined to a single genre, medium, or tradition. My work spans across science fiction, fantasy, historical drama, satire, and mystery, and even poetry, but at the core of it all is one truth: I write about people, choices, and the unseen threads that shape destiny. Glad to meet you.

[S.B.O.]

Hey everyone, I'm Ocean! I've been writing poetry for a 6 years now, and I love exploring themes of light and darkness, emotions, and resilience through my work. I recently published two collection of my poems "The Dance between Light and Shadows: A Poem Collection" and "The Reflection of the Human Soul: A Poem Collection" on Amazon. Looking forward to sharing my work and ideas!

[Elyn]

Hi, I'm Elyn. I've been writing poetry for almost 8 years now. Poetry has been my refuge all these years. My poems explore all kinds of topics, but I mostly write about mental health, and love. I also recently became a published poet, with my debut collection "Wander Under My Sun". I'm happy to meet you all.

[Wyrd]

Hi y'all! I'm both a published author and a MFA student, so I'm sometimes AWOL. I joined GR to get my book listed here for reviewers, lol, and wanted to checkout any groups for poetry. I'm primarily a poet, though I also do art and fiction. My poetry is gothic, spooky, feminist, mythology, or ecological. Nice to meet y'all!

[Robert]

Hey everyone. I’m just getting into poetry after years of avoiding it. I wish I paid more attention in high school and did not wait so long in life to find it.

Lately I’ve been reading Mary Oliver, Ginsberg, and books on how to write poems. I’m also slowly working through the classics and focusing on poets from Oklahoma.

Not sure where this is going, but it feels like a good writing outlet. For whatever reason I am being drawn to it and want to learn how to write poetry. Oliver points out in her book that you need to read more than you write. Even if no one ever reads what I write, I think I need to try.

Looking forward to learning from you all as I attempt to find that favorite poet(s) along the way.

[Jenny]

Hi. I'm Jenny. I have five self-published poetry books on Amazon (KDP). My genres are mostly horror, romance, and the paranormal, but I have a wandering spirit and my tastes change all the time. I write in a simple free-verse style that's easy to follow along and understand.

The eBook version of my first book Ephemeral is currently free until June 16th. I'd greatly appreciate anyone who checked it out (it's also on KU). Finding readers and reviewers is difficult.

https://www.amazon.com/Ephemeral-Goth...

I've enjoyed coming up with stories since I was very young. I can't conceive of a world where I did anything else.