Slit• Show poetry

Iam a thirty one year old male living in Scotland U.K. Iam currently a student of the social sciences and i would describe myself as a person with a deep interest in people and what makes them tick (or not as the case may be). I love poetry. I pretty much eat,sleep and breathe it i also attempt to create it now and again with varying degrees of success. Iam hugely inspired by the music and singing of people such as Tori Amos, PJ Harvey, Diamanda Galas, Eva Cassidy and Jeff Buckley to name but a few as well as a whole host of blues, soul and gospel singers. Feel free to read and to leave any comments or thoughts on any of my poems. My poetry tends towards the spiritual. Its often about dreams, memories, the power of faith and love! Here is an example of words that float my boat bigstyle!

"When anyone is born,
a sorrow is born.
And when war starts blood cannot be counted

I'm burning
I'm burning
Pour more oil onto the fire

I'm drowning,
I'm drowning
Throw me into the fathomless sea.

I swore by your eyes,
sacred to me,
To turn the knife that you stabbed me with into laughter.

I'm burning,
I'm burning
Pour more oil onto the fire.

I'm drowning
I'm drowning
Throw me into the fathomless sea

But you, deep in hell,
Can break this chain,
And if you pull me near you, you will be blessed.

I'm burning
I'm burning
Pour more oil on to the fire.

I'm drowning
I'm drowning
Throw me into the fathomless sea."

By Stavros Xarhakos and Nikos Gatsos as sung by Diamanda Galas on "Keigome Keigome"