My Poetry Book Sample:

The day I decided to live,

Caught me in a steel boot panic,

The small of my back,

A wormy spasm

Of mortal Morse code

In hell’s exiled hospital bed.

I am going to live.

Apathy aches

Through crawl space bones,

Her humid bore

Fogging to a damp finish,

While once weathered sighs

Float through grey morgue skies,

Skirting deadweight tides

Of tedium’s laboured arrest,

Lapping and licking my bleached heel

So pathetically.

I am going to live.

The bald scream

Of atrophied helplessness

Staggers me on,

And catches the ears

And eyes of God,

And I refuse to drown

In this landfill avalanche,

Like a perfunctory punk.

I am going to live.

I jumpstart the last nucleus

Of infant flame

That had retired

To a soldered melt

Of sunny sizzle,

As black psalm laments

Crystallise into turncoat hallelujahs,

And mutiny’s inferno

Gives Bloody Mary

An everlasting

Atom bomb kiss.

I am going to live.

Junkyard demon dogs

Drip dross through fanged bluster,

And the devil’s tremulous waters

Are glaucoma eyed bonds

And last gasp glances,

Of stonewalled silence,

Scrambled mirages,

Distorted mirrors

And pilloried ego death.

I am going to live.

I devour the curse

And strike up the band,

As my stop watch pulse

Shivers through my powder keg hand,

And I will unearth the mile high soil

And limp bow legged

Through blood sun boil,

Because you cannot gaol

The uncaged heart

Of one who knows

That beyond death’s saltwater kiss

Waits the sacred miracle

Of reset revolution

And purpled salvation.

I am going to live.

(Poem title: The Day I Decided To Live)

Book title:

Tea Time Before Apocalypse

Genre:

Poetry (Confessional, Narrative)

Age Range:

16-

Word Count-

69 Pages, 31 Poems

Author Name:

LDW

Why My Project Is A Good Fit:

My poetry book is emotive and ragged, with raw beauty beyond its bones.

It weaves both a poignant and compelling tapestry of words that is an unflinching reflection on the human experience.

It is ripe with poems that are haunting, winsome, sobering and triumphant.

The Hook:

Our world is hungry for powerful expressions of shared experiences.

Consequently, my book’s 31 poems are a cathartic companion for readers who universally share the nuanced notes of life’s imperfectly perfect symphony.

Synopsis:

My poetry collection has a narrative arc from the perspectives of the dreamy eyed wonders of childhood, the teenage wastelands of frayed youth, and the ultimate bittersweet reckoning of mortality.

Target Audience:

“Tea Time Before Apocalypse” is a book geared towards readers who cherish both confessional and emotionally charged poetry.

Young adults to middle age might be a fitting key demographic, but this book skirts the polar fringes of age, as these poems intrinsically cater to whomever will find empathy and solace in them.

Bio:

I hail from upstate New York, yet have lived and traveled throughout the world and my global adventures have indelibly inspired and seasoned my writing.

I’m a classically trained pianist and busied my earlier self with soundtrack scoring and ear piercing rock music in my first band(s).

My life has been molded through an unyielding thirst for purpose, meaning and understanding.

Poetry remains my most focused and important creative passion.

Platform:

Prose has been my literary hotspot for sharing my work.

I adore the community and Prose is uniquely tailored for “no limits” literary art.

Education:

I’ve been to both secular and religious institutions and learned more in the school of hard knocks, though I believe academia and seminary was a healthy footnote for helping me find myself, and their fruits have a rightful place in my heart.

Experience:

A number of my poems have graciously been spotlighted on theprose.com, and it has been a thrill to hear my work read on their YouTube channel, alongside truly heavyweight talents.

Personality/Writing Style:

I‘m conversational, affable, and hold dear the values of compassion and knowledge.

My writing style is almost cinematic in its descriptive metaphors, but it also engages the heart beyond the senses.

It is flavored with social observation, philosophical musings and sometimes savagely blunt thoughts, sourced from my life’s battles and victories in an upside down world.

Likes/Hobbies:

I’m an avid photographer and aviation enthusiast.

Hometown:

Born in Elmira, New York and currently living near Exeter, Devon, England.

Age:

I’m a spry 43.

Thank you for the courtesy of your time,

LDW