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 I've been searchin', wonderin', thinkin', lost and lookin' all my life.

I've been wounded, jaded, loved and hated; I've wrestled wrong and right
He was a boy without a father and his mother's miracle.
I've been readin', writin', prayin', fightin'; I guess I would be still.
--

Martina McBride, "God's Will" 

 

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Zach & Sara, November 14, 2009 

 

 

 

 

 

 My name is Zachary Joseph Payne, also known as Zach Estel. I'm a 19 year-old college student from Whittier, California; planning on studying Theatre Arts and Music, with the goal of teaching theatre or English at the high school level. I'm a Christian; planning to get my Doctorate of Divinity (D.D.) or perhaps my Doctorate of Musical Arts (D.M.A.) [because a Ph.D. is just so common ]

 

  

 

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I'm a poet by trade; I've been writing since the eighth grade. What started as an emotional release from dark days has now become an art and a passion; a means of helping others as much of myself. I write in both classical and contemporary forms; from the rigid form of the sonnet to the stream-of-consciousness release that prose poetry provides, and many degrees in between. My writing is one of the few things that I can take pride in. Besides poetry, I also write the occasional short story, fanfiction; and I've recently gotten into playwriting.  

 

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I strive to love always, to hold strong to Christ, and to be the best person that I can be, despite my depression, mood-swings, and noir thoughts. I try to promote love and understanding, without compromising the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

 

 

 

 

I know that dreams we hold on to, can just fade away
And I know that words can be wasted, with so much to say
And I when I feel helpless there's always a hope that shines through

--

Celine Dion, "A World to Believe In" 

 

 

 

Poems I'm focused on

  • sugar-tipped agape bullets.
    7 lines, 12 comments, November 23
  • Ursa Minor (-fin-)
    4 lines, 21 comments, November 16
  • fiat lux.
    Beloved, I would burn the world in cloudsof napalm; bring to sing a running streamof flame, with ashes like a widow's shrouds;a gentle balm
    3 lines, 12 comments, November 2
  • walls
    ich bin ein colorwhore
    4 lines, 10 comments, October 8

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  • Freed by Mercy : Happy Thanksgiving! on November 26
  • ea on November 25
    Your little bear friend is very winsome and I enjoyed getting to see you speak your work on youtube, too. Glad to read all the holiday wreaths coming in - what fun! Happy Holidays. <---in lieu of a wreath.
  • tuesdae on November 24
    thank you for the favourite. :]
  • thepoetself : candy floss clouds... on November 19
    have you seen them-- from SWEATLEAF

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