New Poem Online: Self Challenge

I know it's a little late but I wanted to let you know that I uploaded a new "poem" on Fictionpress a week ago. Rather than one new poem, it's a challenge I made for myself where I will (hopefully) write fifty poems, uploading each as a new chapter. It was inspired by another challenge that was in the "Just In" box of Fictionpress, which I found interesting and cool. So, I decided to work on my own and this was the result: Self Challenge, which currently has five poems online.

The first poem, Shackles, is an obvious one. I was writing it shortly before I had to leave for work and I began to feel like I hadn't really done enough with my free time. So, I decided to use those feelings as inspiration for my first poem of the challenge.

The second, Broken Silverware, is not as obvious. That one's about people who are supposed to help you with something (forced or otherwise) but when it gets down to the nitty gritty, they're useless and you end up doing everything by yourself.

The third poem, Dawn into Day, is about change and leaving behind the things you're comfortable and used to behind for a better future. Just like when the dawn changes into day, you notice everything is more vibrant and you start to enjoy yourself more.

The fourth, Tides of Forever, is a love poem dedicated to my fiancee Stephanie. My love for her started off small like a puddle, then expanded into this never ending sea I feel today.

The fifth (and most current), Fifteen Minutes, is about waiting on the clock. Why it takes so long when you're waiting for a certain time, yet it'll fly by when you're not paying attention.

If you're interested, you can find it at http://www.fictionpress.com/s/2804274/1/Self_Challenge.

Thanks for reading.

New Poem Online: Anticipation

Hey just wanted to let you know that I wrote a new poem and put it online. You can find it at
http://www.fictionpress.com/s/2804031/1/Anticipation if you're interested.

Also, just wanted to let everyone know that I haven't forgotten the walkthrough or my other stories. Just been busy with life.

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New Poem Online: Undiscovered World

Hey, I uploaded a new poem today called Undiscovered World. If you're interested, check it out at http://www.fictionpress.com/s/2794202/1/Undiscovered_World. See if you can guess the metaphor.

Thanks for reading.

Loneliness

This poem came to be one night while I was reading the news online. It had an article about a man over 100 years old, who painted pictures of what life was like when he was growing up in the late 1800s. I began to become curious and searched wikipedia for supercentenarians. Each one I read about got more depressing until I reached a man named Yukichi Chuganji. Around the same time, my itunes shuffle turned to this really depressing song. I began to think about how incredibly lonely this man must have been, living for so long and watching everyone and everything around him change. All the people he knew were long gone including his family. As I looked at the picture, I saw an incredible sadness in him. The loneliness spread into me and I became so overwhelmed that I wrote this poem.

The second chapter came about quite a while later. I was reading my previous work when I came upon Loneliness. I realized how much had changed since I wrote that poem, my then-girlfriend now living with me and taking away my loneliness for good. I felt so compelled that I wrote a "sequel" and posted it as a second chapter.

For chapter one, go to http://www.fictionpress.com/s/2573561/1/Loneliness.
For chapter two, go to http://www.fictionpress.com/s/2573561/2/Loneliness

Thanks for reading.

An Adventure of Modern Day

This poem is officially dedicated to my beautiful fianceé, whom this poem is mostly about. This one is about the night me and my fianceé really connected and hung out for the first time. We had met a few nights prior, however, we really didn't have much time to ourselves to get to know each other. However, we were both invited to a mutual friend's party (who we credit to hooking us up). When we met up, we soon began to hang out together and we hit it off. Then we watched as everyone around us became like kids, us being like the parents. Although everything around us soon turned to chaos, I still had a ton of fun hanging out with my soon-to-be girlfriend that night. This poem is about that night, "An Adventure of Modern Day".

To read it, click over to http://www.fictionpress.com/s/2600231/1/An_Adventure_of_Modern_Day.

Thanks for reading.

Free to Fly

My next poetic inspiration came while I was at work. I stepped outside for a moment and took in the beauty of the sky, dazing off and imagining myself flying through the clouds. Unfortunately, my boss had the same idea and caught me in the midst of an aerial fantasy, chewing me. The beauty of the scene inspired me to write the poem on my next break. After a while, I decided it may be worth publishing, so I typed it up and uploaded it.

If you're interested, it's at http://www.fictionpress.com/s/2573600/1/Free_to_Fly.

Thanks for reading.

Imminent Demise

The very same day I wrote "Dream Girl", I wrote another poem based on another dream I had, only on the previous night. The mood is a tad more frantic, as the dream was about the destruction of the planet Earth. I have since long forgotten the dream this poem was associated with too, but I do remember that everything was exactly like it was in the past, which was both happy and sad at the same time. I also remember almost feeling all knowing, since I had come from the future. It happened almost exactly like the destruction of Namek on DBZ though.

To read it, head over to http://www.fictionpress.com/s/2498312/1/Imminent_Demise.

Thanks for reading.

Dream Girl

Back around the time I had started Super Vice President Village Monster, I had a dream about getting a girlfriend and the incredible ecstacy of knowing there would be someone there who cares, although it soon faded when I realized it was a dream. I now believe that it was almost a prophecy to my current relationship, using dream metaphors to show me my future life with my fianceé. I can no longer remember the dream, but I still remember the feeling I got from it: the one I feel every day now when I'm with my fianceé. Dream Girl was a poem written about that dream.

This work was the first work I published that was reviewed and favorited. People seemed to enjoy the romantic undertones.

The great truth I realized, mentioned in the author's notes, was later revealed in the poem "Loneliness" because this dream made me realize how incredibly lonely I was.

To read it, check out http://www.fictionpress.com/s/2498302/1/Dream_Girl.

Thanks for reading.

Parental Units

My true first piece of published work was a poem entitled "Parental Units". I'm not exactly proud of this one though, it was simply a poem I hastily wrote after government class and decided to stick on Fictionpress, since I had been a fan of both it and the sister site Fanfiction.net for some time and wanted to post something online. It's supposed to be a metaphorical crack at the faults of the government, comparing them to parents, although it's blatantly obvious what it's about, especially given the ending line.

Although it was my first work published, I tend to ignore that, as everyone else has ignored the poem for almost 6 years now. I'd rather credit that to Super Vice President Village Monster! Special Edition, which I am actually pretty proud of. This one I enjoy, though more for nostalgia than anything else.

To read it, head to http://www.fictionpress.com/s/1598857/1/Parental_Units.

Thakns for reading.