Introductions all 'round!
Mood:  happy
Topic: Introductions:
Well, I've been around a bit..(on the net, that is..) and so far it's been near impossible to find others who REALLY enjoy either telling a story or hearing a story crafted in rhyme.
As a kid I grew up on adventurous literature. Robert Frost, Jules Verne, Alfred Bester, Carlos Castaneda, Tolkien, Bronte and Rand were some of my favorites...along with a rather eclectic blend of poetry the likes of Dante, Goethe, Khayyam, Homer, Shakespeare, Wordsworth, Snorri Sturleson's 'Edda',....then Aesop, Brothers Grimm, Jim Morrison, Neil Peart (yeah...hehe)--ahem...Dr.Seuss....(:
The thing is...these wonderful writers, and what they had to say about the world around and within themselves really made an impression on me. Surely I couldn't have been the only one! And surely there are others today who can still find delight in re-living those fleeting sights,faded sounds, scents and impressions that seem all too vague nowadays except when sparked by a certain rhythm or a set of images brought to life in rhyme.
I have heard that a few cultures still pass their history on to the next generation through the art of narration and verse. I have also heard that this tradition is becoming extinct. It just seems to me that passing along life events and experiences through verse, poetry and song is the most natural progression there is! Which brings me to why I created this page.
I left my hometown here in Tennessee in (literally) pursuit of my mother....destination: Alaska....and along the way I was blessed with the company of some amazing and colorful characters. In addition to the impression these chance meetings made on me, and as a direct result of these haphazard adventures along the way, I found myself directly participating in the birth of my own spirit as I made my way across the country!
What I hope to accomplish by setting up this page is to provide a place for myself and others to share and enjoy our journeys through poetry. If you are delighted by the magic of an adventure told in verse or enjoy spinning a yarn or two of your own, then grab a seat and lay one on me!