Sunday 24 February 2013

It's Sunday 24th February 2013

It's Sunday 24th February 2013 23 days ago I announced in my Facebook account that I will be posting a poem a day.  This has gone remarkably well, it was daunting at first but what I have found is that each day I am producing at least two poems a day.

I realise this has to be the medium for my poems, my circle of friends and family are not quite ready for a poem a day,  with the numerous request to play various games, and proclamation of this or the other.  my work is getting lost.

 I have been writing poems for many years now on and off. I went through a period of my Angry poems as my daughter would call them.  There was a lot going on in my community politically and I was becoming a bit of an activist, a bit of an activist well either you are or you are not.

Then there are the poems I write for people for various occasions  the one I  have handed out the most is  a poem called In Memory of Absent friends and Loved ones.  How this poem came about, I was working on an helpdesk in Dagenham when  a colleagues friend from Cardiff suddenly passed away leaving three children he was only 34 it didn't make sense.  I watched his friend each day dealing with the grief, he was one of those real quiet geeky guys you get in every IT office.  I wasn't a Geek not bright enough to be considered a geek anyhow I typed up the poem and emailed him it. to which he just said 'Thanks not really in to poetry but thanks all the same' that was it that was all he said.  It was the most detailed conversation we ever had, but right away I got it that he got it and that was fine by me

Sincerely those are the people I would like to reach the ones that 'Don't do poetry' or 'I am not into poetry' like it is some terrible place.  I don't or I try not to get involved in lengthy conversations about my poems ( I find it all a little to pretentious) I write them then move on,  you get something from it fine my work here is done.



In the begininning

It is 24th February 2013 I have been writing poems for the past 23 days.  On the 1st of this month I stated in my Facebook Account that I will post a poem a day, so far so good, it is going really well.  I now realise that Facebook is not the place for my poetry, most of my fb friends are involved in playing online games and promoting this or that.  Also there is the limitations of the post which often restricts me to 420 characters and my poems are much longer then that.

I started writing poems in 2000 i remember it was January and I was feeling down and my sister suggested going to a poetry event in Brixton, My first question was why? Anyhow I went along and I was mesmerised at what everyone had to say and the way they just delivered it with ease.  That night I came home about 2 am and just started writing , writing and writing. six weeks later I was on the very same stage sharing what I had written.

I have had my fair share of writing 'Angry poems' as my eldest daughter named them, it was during my semi activist period. even you are or you are not.

I occasionally write poems for people and occasions I remember the first time I wrote In Memory of Absent Friends and Loved Ones, yes I have shortened the title now.  I was working in an IT department in Dagenham and one of my colleagues friend had died age 34 leaving 3 children it was so sad.  I would watch his friend in London just going through the motions of some sort  of normal life.  I remember emailing him the poem to which he replied 'I am not into poetry but thank you' that was it, that's who I want to reach those who are not into poetry.

here was a typical IT geek going through a difficult time and I sent him this poem I think it helped.  well its the poem I have given out the most coz I guess people keep on dying.

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