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Neo-Victorian is an aesthetic movement which amalgamates Victorian and Edwardian aesthetic sensibilities with modern principles and technologies. Wikipedia
I began to write poetry at the age of 11. All through elementary school, my teachers generally wrote something like, "Janice expresses herself well," on the back of my report cards, but I never actually understood what that meant. Then, one morning, my sixth grade teacher placed a small mound of dirt on each of our desks and instructed us to write about it. I crafted a prosaic piece citing the soil as mother and the seed a child, and handed it in. To my surprise, the teacher exploded with enthusiasm and ran down the hall declaring, "I have a poet in my class!"
Out of curiosity I soon went through my father's modest library in search of "poets." There I found a book titled, "The Oxford Book of English Verse." The poems this thick volume contained were written between 1250 and 1918, and included the works of the Lake District Poets. They immediately became my teachers, my template, as I began to write my own poems.
Although my first poem was written in prose those many decades ago, (and, yes, I have dabbled in prose from time to time), my muse has always preferred the Victorian voice. Trying my hand at other poetic forms, in order to stretch and grow, only brings me back to my home base, improved but never truly converted.
And now, I would like to share my work with you. To view a few of my many poems, please click on the links at the top of the page. Enjoy!
Neo-Victorian is an aesthetic movement which amalgamates Victorian and Edwardian aesthetic sensibilities with modern principles and technologies. Wikipedia
I began to write poetry at the age of 11. All through elementary school, my teachers generally wrote something like, "Janice expresses herself well," on the back of my report cards, but I never actually understood what that meant. Then, one morning, my sixth grade teacher placed a small mound of dirt on each of our desks and instructed us to write about it. I crafted a prosaic piece citing the soil as mother and the seed a child, and handed it in. To my surprise, the teacher exploded with enthusiasm and ran down the hall declaring, "I have a poet in my class!"
Out of curiosity I soon went through my father's modest library in search of "poets." There I found a book titled, "The Oxford Book of English Verse." The poems this thick volume contained were written between 1250 and 1918, and included the works of the Lake District Poets. They immediately became my teachers, my template, as I began to write my own poems.
Although my first poem was written in prose those many decades ago, (and, yes, I have dabbled in prose from time to time), my muse has always preferred the Victorian voice. Trying my hand at other poetic forms, in order to stretch and grow, only brings me back to my home base, improved but never truly converted.
And now, I would like to share my work with you. To view a few of my many poems, please click on the links at the top of the page. Enjoy!