A familiar theme in my writing through the years, though this one is fairly recent. I believe I wrote this last summer.
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Saturday, August 30, 2014
Monday, August 25, 2014
To Find the Peace in Madness
Melancholia came to visit again today...she doesn't come around as much this year but when she does, she stays a while...I'm trying...
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Friday, August 22, 2014
Army of Eyeless
I decided to focus myself and write a poem today. This is about a set of characters from my novel I've been working on (for years). "Technical specs": 11 syllable isometric lines, aabb rhyming stanzas...or something like that...
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014
Battle Hymn of our Fathers
This is a song I wrote and recorded many years ago (15 years ago?). The recording isn't the best, due to my limitations then...I was using a PC microphone dangling from a coat hangar propped on my desk in such a way as to let the microphone hang even with the sound hole of my acoustic guitar. I didn't know then what I know now about recording (which still isn't a whole lot) and I used mostly first takes if they "weren't too bad"...anyhoo, here it is...be kind
Wednesday, August 13, 2014
Discontent in Misery
I honestly don't even remember writing this other than I know it was about 2-3 months ago. Apparently an infection I needed to get out of me...
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Sunday, August 10, 2014
Leechbreed
Wrote this tonight while watching an episode of The Strain. I find it pretty cool when one artistic medium inspires another.
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Friday, August 8, 2014
Stain of Disease
I wrote this poem as an interpretation of a painting I came across in the Boise Art Museum, the title and artist of which have been lost to me.
Thursday, August 7, 2014
Disciples of Abaddon
Those that have known me for a considerable amount of time probably know that I have been working on a "universe" of religious horror fiction. This poem is told from the perspective of a main character known as Khaen (pronounced caw-'en) and was written and recorded for my band Ashes of Abaddon. Have a listen!
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Tuesday, August 5, 2014
Monday, August 4, 2014
Sir Rants-a-lot presents: Isolation Woes
Seems like a good place to unload a rant since the chances of offending anyone here are slim to none, and its been weighing heavily on my lately. Ever wanted to unload your life’s woes on the ears of a friend who will
listen without judgment, reservation, or disgust only to find that a
friend of that caliber may not actually exist?
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Sunday, August 3, 2014
Executioner’s Lament
Few people know this, but before Andromeda by Ashes of Abaddon was recorded as an instrumental, I had written lyrics to it called Executioner's Lament.
Saturday, August 2, 2014
Contagion
I have struggled with self-worth and self-esteem for much of my life. I've come to understand in recent years that this is not a character flaw as I have previously thought, but rather a personality trait that has driven me to overcome adversity in unique ways. I think this is why I listen to the music I do and write the music that I do, because it speaks from a dark, helpless place but forges with aggression a will to rise up and overcome. Written in three parts, Contagion outlines three internal dialogues: confrontation with myself in the mirror, first person self-narrative, & third person self-reflection with the last line being an invitation extended to others.
photo by Max Chavez
Friday, August 1, 2014
Wanderer on the Road to Ruin
One of the very first poems I wrote, this was originally started as a song sung to the first chords I learned on the guitar. I'm not sure I remember how to sing it though, so put your money back in your sock, 'cause I aint a singing it!
Wednesday, July 30, 2014
Fortress of Pain
Multiple meanings and hidden subtexts riddle this poem. Sometimes when I write I sheath my themes with more cryptic, metaphoric passages, while other times I bare the blade in its full shimmer. This poem has more hidden themes for me and I actually just recently finished writing it, as it had only a few lines for quite some time.
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Monday, July 28, 2014
Beast of Hades Gulch
I wrote this as a scene from a larger body of work that I have been working on for several years. I had this grand scheme of writing a poem for each chapter and then recording an album of all the poetry put to music...like a metal musical of my horror novel...yeah i get a little carried away
sometimes...It could still happen one day...
Saturday, July 26, 2014
Aggression of Oppression
I find religious themes often presenting themselves in my writing. This is an example of just that.
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Thursday, July 24, 2014
Caveblind
The legend of Cain, Christianity's first murderer. Some speculation exists that Cain was cursed with immortality, punishing him to wander and suffer in his own torment, and that he was given a mark to prevent anyone from killing him lest the wrath of God descend upon them sevenfold. Speculation also exists that this sign or mark of Cain was that of a loathsome, hairy beast, resulting in becoming master to the race of Sasquatches. Drafted out as potential lyrics to a song, Caveblind is my ode to the "Squatch of Cain."
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Tuesday, July 22, 2014
The Cube
I picked up a used book several years ago because of its square shape amongst the typical rectangular shaped books. The description on the back of the book was this: "The Cube is an imagination game—and more—that holds a secret you are
dared not to reveal. Last seen making the rounds in the coffeehouses of
Eastern Europe, the Cube is rumored to be of ancient Sufi origin, but no
one really knows for certain. This mystery game just seems to reappear
when and where it is needed. Now it is here!" I took notes of my imaginative experience and wrote it down as follows...
Monday, July 21, 2014
Tribal-esque Drawings
These are some drawings I did a while back. Pencil, then ink, then scanned and tidied up a little. Are they good? ...not really...kinda pixelated...I would definitely convert them to a digital format differently if I were to do it again...
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Sunday, July 20, 2014
'69 Chevy
There may be some factual errors such as the year of the truck in the poem (I think it may have been a '67 or '68) and the make of the truck in the thumbnail photo here (it's actually a '79 Ford), but the poem is based on true events from my childhood. A poem about learning to drive. A poem about losing a pet. A poem about growing up.
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Thursday, July 17, 2014
Wednesday, July 16, 2014
Trust No One
Don't really remember where I was mentally when I wrote this one, but it was not a pleasant place from what I can tell from reading this.
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Tuesday, July 15, 2014
Misfit
Self-loathing and feelings of helpless hopelessness make up the metaphorical nature of this poem.
Take This Cup
Death and love have been intertwined by authors through the ages. Mutual death being the ultimate level of romantic commitment, or the act of securing a jealous partner's commitment to the other, either through suicide or homocide. That being said, here's my addition to that theme.
Monday, July 14, 2014
Moonlit Majesty
This is a poem I wrote about lycanthropy, which was later written into a short story. I had grown tired of all the buzz around vampires and romance, so I wrote about the misdeeds of a shapeshifter.
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