I thought that I would omit the title for this poem, for aesthetic reasons. It is the only one of this first collection that I gave a title to. It is called: The Jade Signet.
First things first: my name is NOT Rodion Raskolnikov, and NO, I'm not a monomaniac.
I have chosen to use this pseudonym for a number of reasons which are no doubt silly and pretentious... Raskolnikov is shamelessly stolen from the protagonist of Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment. He is a man who represents schism. Raskolnikov is derived from schism. That is to say that in him a split is represented. This is a split from contemporary society, convention and thought.
It is this schism that I myself have felt for some years now which is why I have chosen it. I feel that with each passing day I see myself wanting to disassociate myself with parts of modern society: especially literature and thought.
I also wish to remain anonymous for now, but I'm sure some of you reading this will already know me. In fact some of you will have known me for years but never even known that I want to be a poet. Well guys, there you go. I've been writing for the past six of seven years formally. Sadly my earliest work was lent to a friend at school who never returned it... I don't really like to type when I write as it feels artificial.
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