The poem deals with the question of the author's identity and his way of reconstructing it.
Tag: writing
Prelude to a Writer’s Death
Is it okay to mourn before someone’s death? What if that someone is a stranger? But can writers ever be a stranger to a reader?
Pen Versus Computer
A poem about the struggle of typing on a computer and the ease of writing with a pen.
43 and Learning…
The poet writes about being re-energised in the everlong quest of finding oneself after reading a recent poem on this site titled 'They Teach You To Be a Trophy …
The Brontës, the Shelleys: New Research Suggests Literary Relatives Share Similar Writing Styles
The familial influence is so strong that it can be detected using stylometric techniques.
Navigating Solitude: On Writing a PhD Thesis During a Pandemic
The hypothesis that writing requires solitude as a pre-requisite parameter for good results has been proven wrong – at least in my case.
In Dreams, to Death
A poem on the contradiction between the present cultural push to 'dream big' and the starker mundaneness of what reality often turns out to be.
The Emperor Is Afraid of Nothing But
'Of a public that remembers.'
The Mind Does Something Before it Dies
'Everyone's running from/towards something. All things, sooner or later, cease to exist.'
The Cruelty of Writing and Other Stories
'Try not to think about censorship when you write after a very long time'.