In
compiling my chapbook, I’ve noticed that I tend to gravitate towards violent
imagery, religious blaspheme, sarcastic humor, desire, and heartbreak when
writing poetry. I do want to tone the violence down a tad and focus more on
humor and personal accounts for the final product however. For some reason or
another I excel at grotesque and violent imagery, and I often find myself
incorporating elements of fantasy (from phoenixes, to Breaking Bad, to Cthulhu). In the end, I want my poems not to simply
shock and stir emotions within the reader, but to ultimately reflect a melding
of reality and fantasy where meaning is constructed – or often stumbled upon
(which seems to happen in a majority of my poems). I want to be careful and not
have the meaning be lost however, so I want to be sure and streamline my work
more…in order to make it more clear, concise, and easily relatable.
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