37/F/Sweden    I like playing with words and different languages. I think poems should be funny/ beautiful/ cutting/ sad/ memorable/ personal... not all at once and not …

Poet and author of The Rape of the Virgin Mind: a journey in words and poetry.

53/F/Rochester NY    I have walked in the darkness of I can’t feel because I choose not to. Fell face down and bumped my head on every feeling …

My words may not always be eloquent, but they are true. Writing to purge my soul rather than to please another is cathartic. Enjoy my …

The mind is my profession and I fill the cracks with writing and music. I am the canvas of the world which I paint.

I'm an old-school, pre-web published poet, painter and arts promoter. My background in the arts are eclectic -from the visual arts, classical music, opera, theatre …

Writing is how I cope with life and view it with my eyes and heart. On the outside I'm aloof and gentle, but internally another …

So, here. I burn.

I have had no formal schooling in poetry. I write what I feel at the moment. Whether it be about love, nature, children, story form …