One Angry Monkey• Show poetry

• Last seen 1 day ago. Member since September 23, 2006.
• I'm a moonstone path poet for 532 comments.
• My mood is , and quote is Save your money, pay the ferryman with beans..
• I am a 23 year old guy (Australia)
• When I'm not writing, I'm a science student.
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• I have 532 comments, 3 contests

My Poetry

• Morning's mitten

  With feelings still falling,
  I wake every morning

  28 lines, 2 comments, September 1. In Love, Happy
• Corrosion

  Murky and ridded with rot and with tears,
  The love of a lifetime is muddled with fears.
  

  24 lines, 7 comments, August 11. In Anger, Dark, Love, Sad, Pain
• Ancient Creation

  The sun dips below,
  With a brilliant glow,

  40 lines, 6 comments, July 28. In Nature, Rhythm, Australian, Aussie
• Ditty

  Shitfuls of giggles fall

  8 lines, July 18

My Stories

• Why Am I Here?

  As I took the first feeble steps away from what I had known for what seemed like a lifetime the muffled words of the love that we shared came echoing down the stairwell. I sent the words back up and listened as they

  153 lines, 1 comment, June 10, 2007. In <600 words, Love
• The Beginning

  An old man once told me that “life is just the beginning”. I didn’t believe him at the time, in fact the whole idea seemed completely preposterous. Life seemed to be one gigantic freight train, thousands of kilometres long th

  745 lines, June 10, 2007. In 600-2000 words, Life, Society, Spiritual
• Peeshie

  It came, whispered from the dark, damp depths of the ancient rocky crevice; Mystical, mysterious and rather sly, the one word, meaningless and yet profound. / "Peeshie" / The utter magnitude of this seemingly s

  228 lines, June 10, 2007. In <600 words, Humor, Mystery, Other

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• Sint on September 29
  I'm glad that you have some grasp of what you're doing/not doing in your poetry. I find much of this site to still be rubbish (and its poets), though have met a few very decent poets who somehow tolerate this congregation of lackluster poetry (sadly the poets who I did enjoy years ago have left, so now I'm not so sure). As far as my own work is concerned, I won't be posting or sharing any. You wouldn't be interested anyways, as I mainly write in free verse with the occasional (unrhymed) sonnet. I'm in the mindset of folks like W.S. Merwin and James Wright who believed (as least one could assume that they did when one traces the lineage of their verse) that form is necessary to learn, but almost a crutch at some point in the process. That isn't at all arguing against formal poetry, though, simply arguing for free verse as a form in itself. The wonderful thing about formal poetry is that it isn't really as static as it seems. But if your main experiences with free verse are on a site like this, I can understand why you dislike it.
  
  I'm sure that I come across as a pompous ass (which I'm not saying that I'm not), but if you're genuinely interested in improving your verse in any way at all, this isn't the place to do it. The internet did a lot for poetry. There are tons of places like this where people can share their work and make a little community of poets. But the problem lies in the fact that individuals who are generally more serious about their art are already workshopping in college classrooms, sharing manuscripts with other poets in the flesh, or traveling far from computers for more poems. I realize that there are folks who slip through the cracks and can't manage to travel or continue schooling etc etc, but there's a clear divide (for me at least) between poetry as a general term (much like the pure emotion no premeditation you see here) and a more literary focused poetry (which is interested in the craft and quality, not merely one's ability to convey basic emotion).
  
  All that said, I literally hadn't visited this site in years when I commented on your poem and a few others. I was rather drunk and some strange force guided me here in that wonderfully drunken stupor. Sadly, the site is pretty much how I left it, though the poets whose work I enjoyed are now missing. I'm glad that I commented on your piece, though. It's good to see that some individuals lingering around here still care about their craft at all. If you're serious about what you write at all, though, I'd recommend finding another outlet. Either way, I wish you the best of luck.
  
  (I apologize for the rant)
  
  Sint
• Kassianna : Thanks on March 27
  Hey wanted to stop by and say thank u very much for checking out my writing. I appreciate the feedback. It helps with future writing. =)
• fpvs on October 11, 2007
  You liar! I cannot believe you tarnished my Guestbook with your LIES!!! Pfft... Melbournian. You're from the country, Country Boi! *pokes your hardened hair*
  
  Mmm... I'm sifting through my poetry, trying to figure what should be shared, and what should be left in the dark corners of paper. Will post some more this weekend maybe.
• Daizy21 : Snuggelmuffin? on October 11, 2007
  My dear monkey friend
  It seems I found an AP Lover
  I had to choose one in the end
  I’m sure your heartache will recover
  
  Waiting for my handsome Knight
  Sweeping me off my two flat feet
  That could be a glorious night
  If once we do finally meet
  
  So my AP Snuggelmuffin you will be
  An accolade for you to be glee
  And in time I think you will see
  That only you ring my bell for me!
  

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