This post is a big longer and different than my usual posts. It is the full story of my creation process for my Troika Trilogy and how it came to be, which I have finally completed after 3 years of constant hard work.
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Hypocrites in Droves
This is a poem that I wrote a few weeks ago about how we are all hypocrites in one way or another.
Kings Don’t Bleed
This is a poem that I wrote a few weeks ago inspired by the idea of kings and medieval royalty.
Time is at the Gates
This is a poem that I wrote, which is an allegory to the fact that there is no way to stop time. It uses the comparison of time as a medieval battle.
The Fantasist
This is a poem that I wrote more than two years ago that just never made it onto the blog, but it just so happens that I am finally starting a monthly newsletter that is named after this poem! Please give it a read and subscribe to my newsletter for a more in-depth look on my writing process, projects, and other things!
Aberrant Arsonist
This is a poem that I wrote about how someone might forget you more and more each day, as you continue to remember them, and how that can spark a creativity in you that spreads like fire.
The Earth, Your Old Friend
This is a poem about coming to peace with the bitter truth that on the greater scheme of humanity, our mark in history will never be as big as we would like, and how the names of almost everyone who lives are eventually forgotten.
Sticks and Phones
This is a poem about how life has become so easy for us, almost too easy, and how we so easily get wrapped up in society that we forget about nature.
Story Time: A Christmas Treasure Hunt – from a Backroad Conversation to the Front Page of the Newspaper!
This is a story of a Christmas treasure hunt that my best friend Jordan Fowler and I orchestrated this month that wound us on the front page of the local newspaper and led us to start a nonprofit organization.
Books beneath Their Covers
This is a poem that I have been wanting to write for a finally and finally sat down to write last night. I think we are often so quick to judge others and find them irritating, but we don't take the time to try and understand what they might have going on beneath the surface.
Excuses
This is a poem that I wrote yesterday about excuses and how they are often used to justify our failures.
