Comments | daystarsearcher: Here, have an angsty, self-indulgent poem

daystarsearcher

Here, have an angsty, self-indulgent poem

Oct 20, 2010 12:20

Working Title: "It's Been In All the News." Second in a series of tiny steps I'm taking towards dealing with all this. Maybe third ( Read more... )

school, lgbt, stress, poetry

Comments 5

western_skies October 21 2010, 05:38:35 UTC

This is wonderful, both from a message/meaning standpoint, and from an actual literary, poetic standpoint. Self-confessionalist, it has a hint of the rambling and un-edited, but it's on the intentional side, and I like it. It especially hooked for me with this line: "Hey meatsack, are you queer?" I really felt like it was brilliant placement and language. I love the dual use of the word "queer." I also love what's being said. There's so many weirder things out there than who we love.

The last three lines...it's just about exactly how I feel. Beautiful and sad, and so fitting for Spirit Day.

Sorry to go semi-lit!nerd on you...but I just really connected to this. :)

daystarsearcher October 22 2010, 01:39:38 UTC

Thank you! Ha, yes, I do tend towards the ramble. :)

Lit nerds are the best nerds!

letsallchant October 26 2010, 01:24:28 UTC

Stopping by to say that I really loved this, just the sadness, the mix of humor (humorously sad?) and the self-awareness towards the end. I think that's the element I like best about your writing, (and most writing in general).

daystarsearcher October 26 2010, 05:16:21 UTC

Thank you! Yeah, somehow every time I try to write sad things a slight humorous note creeps in, though I'm usually not aware of it until readers bring it up and then I'm like, "Oh yeah, I guess I can see that." Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. (I have at least one professor who has desperately tried to break me from my apparent habit of "clowning" whenever confronted with deep issues. It's hard because I don't even realize I'm doing it.)

letsallchant October 26 2010, 19:52:47 UTC

Aw, well I'm no professor, but personally I don't think of it as a bad thing. That's probably why I'm a fan of writers like David Sedaris, who has a bittersweet penchant of being able to make me laugh and cry. I noticed it usually has more of an affect on me than more ~intense~ ways of writing. IDK, something about it just feels more real to me.