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When I was younger, back in elementary school, we were forced to read poetry. At the time, I was a novels and short stories kind of guy, and really didn't have much taste for poetry. Now, since I was three I wanted to be a writer, but poetry never reached me. One day, I happened to read Paul Rever's Ride (it was required for class), and as I was reading, I started humming a tune of my own devising. The humming turned to singing, using the words for the poem as the words for my new song.
I think that was the first time I really got into Poetry. From then on, until high school, I sang all the poetry I read, adding my own creative influence into the greats.
My first real poem was a wussy one, I called it "Road Lines" or something like that. It was just a single metaphore and touched on it...and really wasn't all that good.
I've been paid and published twice for my poetry, and haven't sent it in more often because, quite honestly, I'm lazy. I love poetry, short stories, and novels, and while getting by on my writing was once a goal of mine, it's faded away in favor of other ambitions. Now I want to be a high school science teacher, and am back in school with the intentions of being one.
Enjoy my writings!
Interesting Facts About Me:
1.I'm back in college after a five year hiatus when I dropped out.
2.I'm currently working as a tutor at my school's tutoring program. I'm technically there to tutor biology, but 90% of the time I've been tutoring math and physics
3.Every year I go to Yosemite and write a whole series of poems. In my author comments, I'll indicate if something I wrote is a "Yosemite Poem" or not. I'm not posting them all here because quite honestly they're not all very good.
4.I have a very fundamental understanding of both latin and Japanese. I'd love to learn more Japanese, but at this point I've decided I need to *actually* learn Spanish, considering my future profession and the future of spanish in this country.
email trekker02@yahoo.com
When I was younger, back in elementary school, we were forced to read poetry. At the time, I was a novels and short stories kind of guy, and really didn't have much taste for poetry. Now, since I was three I wanted to be a writer, but poetry never reached me. One day, I happened to read Paul Rever's Ride (it was required for class), and as I was reading, I started humming a tune of my own devising. The humming turned to singing, using the words for the poem as the words for my new song.
I think that was the first time I really got into Poetry. From then on, until high school, I sang all the poetry I read, adding my own creative influence into the greats.
My first real poem was a wussy one, I called it "Road Lines" or something like that. It was just a single metaphore and touched on it...and really wasn't all that good.
I've been paid and published twice for my poetry, and haven't sent it in more often because, quite honestly, I'm lazy. I love poetry, short stories, and novels, and while getting by on my writing was once a goal of mine, it's faded away in favor of other ambitions. Now I want to be a high school science teacher, and am back in school with the intentions of being one.
Enjoy my writings!
Interesting Facts About Me:
1.I'm back in college after a five year hiatus when I dropped out.
2.I'm currently working as a tutor at my school's tutoring program. I'm technically there to tutor biology, but 90% of the time I've been tutoring math and physics
3.Every year I go to Yosemite and write a whole series of poems. In my author comments, I'll indicate if something I wrote is a "Yosemite Poem" or not. I'm not posting them all here because quite honestly they're not all very good.
4.I have a very fundamental understanding of both latin and Japanese. I'd love to learn more Japanese, but at this point I've decided I need to *actually* learn Spanish, considering my future profession and the future of spanish in this country.
- Last seen on Nov 6 7:04 PM. Member since June 7, 2004.
- I'm a lapisLazuli dream poet for 357 comments.
- My mood is , and quote is "A man with a plan...for something.".
- I am a 26 year old guy from Colorado (United States)
- When I'm not writing, I'm Tutor at MSCD.
- Visit my homepage at www.opendiary.com/trekker02
- I have 357 comments, 2 contests, 57 poems
My Poetry
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Oh, what beauty there is
in the complex intertwining of life! -
I am the dawn and the dusk
Never illuminated by the full light of noon22 lines, 2 comments, September 29
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surerbad on August 8, 2004trekker, I would like to invite you back to read Part 1 Prelude to Seduction and Now Part 3 Epilog to Seduction. Thank you so much for reading Part 2 Night of seduction.
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Flaming Sky on August 3, 2004Heh. Wow, I feel lame for saying this, but we really have a lot in common... I'm still in the middle of my Latin years, unfortunately. I think I'll probably forget everything I've learned pretty fast, though... <_<
Anyways, I've also had the ambition to write for a living since I was about... 4. I guess I'll see you in the shelves!
Last but not least, we have the same "Favorite Poem." Huh.
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Evanesce on July 27, 2004NICE BIO. I'm impressed with the honesty (and your talent for not using the same adjective twice). Rock on.
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nolazydaizy on July 18, 2004i wanted to drop by and say congrats on your gold, it was well deserved. that is quite the piece of writing you've got there, easily one of the most wonderful things i've read lately. hopefully this first gold is the start of a big shiny collection.
