Well, my pen name is Sebastian K and that's what i'll let you know. haha, sorry. well i created this site to display my poetry to an audience. It's very easy to let strangers see you from all angles, they have nothing to judge you by except your work. That is why i can do this, but not show anything to my family or even friends. Although some will see it now, but that's ok. I am a student in phoenix, i am 19. and have been writing for the time mentioned on the front page. i like poetry because i am a person who gets caught up in the moment of things and this is easy to transfer to paper immediately. i've tried writing stories before but haven't finished anything, oh, i did write two stories for a club which can be found by clicking on the link at the bottom of the main page. other than that, just poetry. i prefer freestyle poetry because it is easy to just sit and flow onto a page, rhyming is good, but it can clog sometimes. for me anyway. although sometimes i know when something should be formatted. i also like freestyle better because it can be more flexible in the expression of the wording. it just kicks ass.
I must mention that i don't like a lot of my poetry, i enjoy it but that is different. i don't see it as being able to measure up to most other poetry. that's rather vague, but i thought i'd let you people know where i stand on my own poetry. Most of this poetry is about death, suicide, losing, blindness, and other atrocities. occaisionally i write positive, or at least try to make a statement with some of the more blatant violence. Other than that, it is just the history of a teenager. In the early work it is easy to see the diary-like spills i made. I have tried to get over that, and control the fluency a little better, while trying to convey the same tone of illness. it's just me. can't do nothing about that. most of my better pieces don't limp around in sorrow, they get through it, mutilated but done. if that's any optimism. i guess it's easy to write this stuff, anger and depression are easy to tap into. but i wouldn't write if i didn't think i could put some twist or perspective on it that no one else has. i don't know. Also, i think it's important to mention why i included all of my work, as opposed to select pieces. i just have to say that, although a lot of my poetry isn't good it is still some kind of window. Including all the parts makes for a much richer experience, and our faults sometimes define us better than our accomplishments. And that is all i shall speak of. just read the poetry to find out more of what i am made up of. oh, also i am an atheist. in case you couldn't figure it out from some of the poems, and that greatly affects the outlook on life and influences my writing. I do use the words soul, spirit, or whatever, but only as a term for an emotional embodiment or part of the mind. Any other time it is just colorful fantasy words. i think the mind is different from the physical brain, but it is a projection from the brain, not a soul or something metaphysical. i encourage people to write, but only if they are comfortable with seeing their rawest emotions. well, i've said too much. keep writing, and feedback will always be appreciated. Sorry if this is messy in grammar, i just wrote it on the fly and it sounds good enough to me. so don't be offended by the crappy ass structure. thanx
