Welcome

Hello and welcome to this: my first attempt at blogging and (self) publication!

Over the coming days and weeks, those of you lucky enough to be directed here will have a chance to see my life's work before I try to send it out for formal publication. You'll be seeing my work which is, by and large fully edited already.

I would like so many others like to see your thoughts and opinions on my thoughts and opinions. Verse for me is so much more than mastery of language and lexicon: it is the very essence of what makes us human; the fullest expression of sentiment and thought. I value verse more and more highly as time passes as I just don't see how it is a genre that will survive against our modern times and our modern literary demands and taste. I feel that nowadays there is no space for poetry and that the demand is ever shrinking. This leads me to believe that there is a significant gap for us young poets who are so full of ideas and expression, as it is we who can forge a whole new genre of poetry: a new wave of poets to observe modern times and to continue the verse tradition all over the world.

Now is the time for new poets, new verses and new styles.


I sincerely hope that you enjoy my work and continue to keep the genre alive and kicking!



R.