My writing voice

#species/thought #status/seedling

Jds poems relying on others

I think I now know why I resonate with Trish's work. I've done what she has done in some measure. Collage in poem and lyric essays and the artifacts my walks have borne.

I like this voice. Meditative. Quiet.

But I like the style of putting multiple images and jumps into a poem rather than one linear narrative. I like a narrative that isn't obvious.

I want to feel the cosmic cooperative community in a poem.

This is what I want my voice to become.

I need to move away from Rofel and Rem although these poems (solitary voices) still have some place in my archives and may still be published in a different time.

Since I have no formal training, I take refuge in the colloquial, simple, everyday, and rawness of Rofel's voice and style. But at the same time, I'm attracted to collage and experimental poetry.

To trust my own voice, I need to trust where I am right now.

This is my voice. This melancholic gratitude filled existential voice. I have a humorous voice too but. This voice is me and this is what I want to cultivate. And I kinda feel it more when I write in Filipino and when I write poetic prose and take photographs.

I want to write personal, honest, sincere, and earnest writings rather than authoritarian pieces. I need to be super clear about what I truly stand for and what I am doing to uphold what I stand for. I need to be true to myself. I need to be aligned. Learning how to better my life, bettering it, and sharing about this process is what I want to do—no, need to do.

I want to combine personal story, story-telling, and good research to try to create works that teach “values” in a subtle, facilitative way. I want to use the first person voice but I also want to demonstrate good research.

Also, an atheist spiritual voice that moves, inspires, and reminds us of our existence through verse and story.

Models

I like simple yet elegant sentences. Models:

My style

What people say about my writing

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