Poetry

I'm writing poetry. I have four "completed" poems that don't make me want to puke when I read them. I'm going to leave them for a few months and then look at them again, see what's what. I've got four more in the working stage, one of which I like, a lot. We'll see.

This makes me feel good. To look at these poems, to know that I have finished them, that I am still working -- it's good. I never really thought about poetry before, fiction has always been my god. But I'm liking it more and more.

However. I'm not doing rhyme poetry. That stuff, I don't like at all. To me the rhymes detract from the power of the words. I'm not saying I'll never do it. Saying never is like asking the universe to kick you in the ass. But for right now? No.