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This page was last updated July 9th, 2009.

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I don't write frequently, but on occasions I'll write two or three before I put the pencil down. Mostly I write about feelings I have; love, sadness, regret, hope, and more. I use many different styles, but I prefer using rhyme and rhythm. I like to write short but meaningful poems, where I try to express the idea behind the poems as clearly as possible...

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A little while back I wrote a poem I called "You know you have found love", and as I realized it was in an unique style, I decided to name it Monchielle (Monchi is my ex-wife Monica's AP-name, and -elle like in Kyrielle, another form that uses repetition). Many has already found the new style interesting, and I think it is going to spread far and wide.

A Monchielle is as such;
1) it consist four stanzas in total,
2) each stanza consists of five lines,
3) each line consists of six syllables,
4) first line repeats in each stanza,
5) and lines three and five rhyme.
6) The pattern is "Abcdc Aefgf Ahiji Aklml".

If you use this style, please include "(Monchielle)" in the title, and/or mention me as the creator of the style in the comments.

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I recently discovered through a site about the meaning behind names, that I had a quite interesting name, really... My first name, Jim, comes from James, or John the Baptist. My second name, Tage, is a Scandinavian version of the Irish name Tadgh, which means poet or bard. That means that my name means James the Poet.

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I took a small test called "What form of art are you?" (Site closed.)

"You are Poetry. You are often the most emotional of the arts.
You are introverted, in that you tend to let people come to you
rather than trying to get their attention. You get along well
with Music and Literature.

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My IQ score is 133! I am a Visionary Philosopher! Now, how cool is that?!

I got this result when I took "The Classic IQ Test" at TestQ.com... here is the result I received:

Your mind's strengths allow you to think ahead of the game -- to imagine or anticipate what should happen next in just about any situation. Because you're equally skilled in the numerical and verbal universes of the brain, you can draw from multiple sources of information to come up with new ideas and this makes you a Visionary Philosopher. You also have a knack for matching and anticipating patterns in all sorts of situations, a talent that adds to your visionary philosopher mind.

In addition to your strengths in math and linguistics, you have a knack for matching and anticipating patterns. These skills and your uncanny ability to detect the underlying blueprint of most of life's situations add to your Visionary Philosopher mind. Two philosophers who share the same combination of skills you possess are Plato and Benedict Spinoza. Spinoza had insight into how things worked in the world. He could envision a future based on the patterns he saw in life, and used mathematical logic as a structure within which to present his philosophical arguments. With that base he was able to use logic to formulate his theories. Borrowing from his linguistic strengths he wrote eloquent texts and, therefore, was able to bring his philosophical ideas and structure to the rest of the world. His story exemplifies the talents that are present in the Visionary Philosopher intellectual type.

Whatever you decide to do in life, you've got a powerful mix of skills and insight that can be applied in a wide variety of ways. You can expand your mind to understand a situation. Your strong balance of math and verbal skills will help you explain things to others. For example, if you were on an archaeological dig and discovered an object, you could probably use your deductive powers to figure out not only what the object was but also how it was used. Given your ability to put things together, you are more than capable of inventing a life plan that is in sync with your perspective on how things were, how they are, and how they might be one day.

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Some time back I joined another poetry website, and added my poems there. After a while, I got an e-mail saying my first poem entered had won a contest, and I would get it published in a book! They only needed me to send a little money as "fee". Thinking this was suspicious, I checked around, and found out that it was a scam. Moral is that if it costs you anything to publish your works, it's probably a scam ... And yes, I talk about Poetry.com. I say it again, IT'S A SCAM!!! Read Barbara's column Gullible? - A poetry.com journey.

Lunatick found this poem for me, written by "A reader", in a review of a book that Poetry.com promised to print, Eternal Portraits. It's been slightly edited by me, for easier reading.

Green Eggs and Scam

There once was a Coward named Eelie
Who thought that his stuff was da bomb
He devised a con for the common man
called Poesie dot com!

Now, everyone has an ego
And THAT, he could read like a book
So he concocted a plan, a right wicked scam
And they dubbed him Sir Eelie the Crook!

The worst poets craved recognition
Only Eelie could give them their due
So he sold them their words as gilded turds
And called them the chosen few!

They boasted to friends, family and foes
That their works would be published forthwith
Got invited to lavish symposiums
- nobody smelled a fish!

'Til one night a dreamer shot up in bed
Said, "Coward Eelie's been conning us good!"
So a posse of poets made swords of their pens
And ran poor Eelie out of the 'hood!

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I have now published my own book, a collection of my own poetry here at AllPoetry. I call the book "Stjernevandreren" ("The Starhiker"), and the poetry is in English, as on this site, but as I live in Norway, all pages, except the poems, are in Norwegian. I have made an English version, but haven't printed it yet. If I get enough IMs from you, ordering one or more, I will print it and sell it for roughly $8.

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My favorite poem is not as much a poem as a quote, but where I first read it, it was stylized as a poem. It's from "Of Time and the River" by Thomas Wolfe.

"Who owns the earth?
Did we want the earth
that we should wander on it?
Did we need the earth
that we were never still upon it?
Whoever needs the earth
shall have the earth:
he shall be still upon it,
he shall rest within a little place,
he shall dwell in one small room
forever..."

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My favorite music:
Phil Collins (both with Genesis, and as solo artist)
Peter Gabriel (as solo artist, after Genesis-time)

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My quotes:
"Dman! I jsut cna't wirte rihgt aynomre!!!"
"I'm a lousy doomsday prophet. I don't believe in my own ramblings."
"I have these gems I sometimes cough up. Damn, they hurt my throat!"
"When the muse comes over me, I just let it flow."

If you use any of my quotes, I'ld be thrilled if you could write me an IM or a comment on this page which one, and where you used it.

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