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HOW AND WHY I WRITE
When I was barely in my early teens I came across the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas and became quite enamored of him. His poetry spoke to me in a way no other poet did. These lines, “In my craft and sullen art, I write for lovers who lie abed” struck me that this was a passionate poet. Passion is an engine that inspires genius, I thought. Why else would anyone put everything in to something without passion? In my early twenties while I was visiting New York City I stayed at a Hotel where he died of alcohol. I too had my bouts with alcohol and blamed it on my Celtic background. In Spanish alcohol translates as spirit. The English language says it is spirit and I thought that was odd considering alcohol did not make one necessarily spiritual. After getting a B, A, in English I later learned that many poets, writers and artist like to drink and take drugs. Much later on in life as I reached middle age, I was in a bookstore in Leesburg, Virginia perusing a book and a woman whom I never met came up to me and told me I had the soul of a poet. At that time I had two poetry books published but that woman had no way of knowing that. Could it be that obvious that writers or poets wear their craft on their sleeve? I was morose early on in life and a lot of my poetry reflects that; however, I also managed to get a philosophy book published in India entitled MYSTERIES: Ancient & Modern. My foray into writing such a book had its roots in my early experience with death; my father died in my arms when I was only ten years old. I also had a minor in philosophy. We are the result or product of everything that has ever happened to us and that is largely determined by how we react to the events around us. Finally, I think that writing is therapeutic and cathartic; I feel better when I write. Now the only thing I failed to say is that why do writers want to be heard; obviously, writers are sharing their minds and feelings with others. Ostensibly, some writers write to become part of the literati and others do it for biographical or other reasons. Personally, I write because I find it ecstatic like Zorba the Greek found dancing ecstatic. One of the Villanelles in my poetry book, A Collection of Verse and Villanelles is “Follow Your Spirit”. Indeed, this must be the way to fulfillment. |
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