I'm a college student who just transfered to a four year college. Currently I'm pursuing a major in creative writing and English. i have only been writing poems and short stories for about a year.I hope you have the same amount of fun reading my poems as i had creating them.
My passion is ...
English/writting, hiking, camping, etc.
I know too much about ...
knowing nothing; you can never know enough about anything.
My parents always told me ...
Hold your head up high; be proud of who you are and where you come from.
My childhood ambition ...
To be a police officer, firefighter, preacher, etc.
My favorite memory ...
Ducks quacking at each other across a frozen pond.
Why I write ...
to use my imagination in a creativite and unique way.
What I am reading/watching/listening to ...
A swiftly tilting planet and Stephen kings Tower series/ listening to classic rock on the radio.
My first job ...
Delivering pennysavers at the mere age of fourteen.
My best moment ...
When I got the love of my life. (My dog)
My inspiration ...
A.E. Housman/ Issac Asimov/Agatha Christie
Walk Around here the flicking of a bic Illuminates ghoulish faces Puffing sweet blue cigar smoke That lingers in a cloud around us. Bull frogs throat their song As crickets play violins For all who care to listen. We walk. Along a seemingly dead quiet road An occasional car thunders by Its red tail lights lighting up the night sky. We stop at the crossroads Leashes in hand. Careful now The road is barely lit by the full white moon. We turn on a one lane country road With fields on either side. Walking down the center of the road We avoid the possibilities of falling in the ditches. No one ...
More..Richard Polk
Cortland, New York US
Member since: October 2007
Articles Written: 77
Writers Invited: 2