This is an unusual blog post. Basically, I was trying to update my Poemhunter introduction/biography section. Poemhunter was in a "bad mood", following my taking three or four attempts to remember my password! Anyway, I don't think that my updated information was saved in the end, but on this occasion, I had actually had the sense to do a "copy/paste". I couldn't face another attempt at updating Poemhunter right now, and I don't know if I will get around to it at all. Sometimes that's how it goes. You lose the moment, as it were. However, I felt inspired to include my "attempted new introduction" here, as a blog post. So here it is:
I have an intense passion for poetry - both the reading and writing of poems!
Most of my recent poems are very personal, but not all of my poems have been autobiographical - notably when I first started writing poems, having previously been more interested in fiction writing.
I would describe myself as a survivor poet, and am proud to identify with the survivors' poetry movement. I write mainly about emotions, and my style has definitely been influenced by my recent interest in emo poetry.
I have also written spiritual poetry, which is another important aspect of my work for me.
I love traditional forms, such as the sonnet and kyrielle, but I have been writing mainly free verse lately. It goes in phases. I love both rhyme and free verse, and haiku/senryu. I just love poetry, basically! Which takes me back to the first sentence of this introduction.
