My Poetry

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Having come from a dysfunctional family, I endured abuse at a young age. Writing poetry was the first way I expressed myself.

Later in life, I turned to writing because books were my refuge as a child.

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dark poem
Written when I was seventeen
valentine poem
Written for my daughter while I was away
poem about anger
It’s about letting anger consume oneself
smoking poem
In the 80s people were going nuts over smoking
Las Vegas poem
The only thing that can fill the void in a person is themselves
fear poem
About a childhood fear
war poem
Written when I was 19 and on Prozac. The Prozac did most of the work.
writing poem
I hadn’t written poetry in years, but after my mother died I wrote this