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| ~The Magus~ |
| Name: Magus, (Richard) Meaning of names: Magus = Magician, Richard = Powerful Ruler Date of Birth: April 19, 1981 Sign: Aries Eyes: Green Hair: Brown Height: 6'0 Weight: 170 lbs Likes: Simplicity, honesty, the ocean Dislikes: Trends, all things superficial, hypocrisy I created this page more for myself than for anyone else. I used to have a place to have all my poems online where I could view them any time I wanted, and I've missed that. If I can share them with others through this site, even if it is a much smaller group of people than before, that makes me just as good. The page is designed to be simple, and it serves one function...as an organized storage place for my poetry, and any I may add later. This page you are viewing now is the exception, and here I would like to write at least a little about myself so that you can understand me better. I've always been very quiet and thoughtful. Over the years, that has manifested into becoming intensely philosophical. Many of my views are difficult to explain, unique, and held by few, if any people, and I think sometimes that shows through my poetry. There are a great many poets in the world...but very few of them are real. Real in the sense that poetry IS English mechanics, verse, prose, rhythm...but even being the master of that does not make you a poet. Poetry flows from emotion. And I think when a poet or poetess can pour their entire heart into a poem, no matter what the feeling is that is being conveyed, no matter how it is written, if you feel the emotion within it, that, is poetry. I started writing poetry in 1999, as an outlet for my emotions and a way to cope with problems in my life. And it helped. Ever since then, I have used poetry, to console others, to feel better about myself, to express, and simply because I love to write, even if I sometimes get frustrated with it. I write for a very limited audience, I find that is the best way to write emotionally honest poetry. Our most honest moments are the ones where we think no one is watching. My poetry, in its way, is like my journal...it is my inner most feelings, and I never hold anything back. Every one of my emotions and thoughts are represented, from the ugly, to the beautiful. The fact that I am an idealist and a romantic sometimes (always) conflicts with my upbringing, which has been heavily geared towards the cold and technical, my poetry seen by my parents as "an indulgence". But sometimes I think, if not for my poetry, if not for this side of me, there would be nothing to be said for me except for the bitterness that I carry inside my heart regarding my life and so many people who have wronged me. Truly, when I write poetry, I am putting everything that remains good and pure in my heart, despite it all, onto paper. My poems are my memories...I remember each one. The day I wrote it...how I felt. Perhaps these poems will never make me a living. But I don't write for that reason. I write because this is my way of sharing myself, and what compassion remains in me, with the rest of the world. In all things, I try to keep a balance between Dark and Light. If it's true that everyone has two sides, it could be said that the poet is my best. But I think you can get to know me so much better through my poetry than through this page. Heh, it's pretty difficult to write about yourself in depth in just one page, isn't it? But I hope I've at least covered my feelings on my poetry well enough. And now I would like to address a few questions you may be asking, any others can be asked on my guestbook. Do you play the piano by the way? No, you may have noticed the piano used in some of my poems and pictures. I use piano playing as a metaphor for writing poetry What is with all these pictures of Victorian mansions on some of your links? This page started out as something much bigger than it is now, at least conceptually. I intended it to cover every aspect of my life, and I would use the metaphor of a "home" for the page, because I had always wanted one. I still like the idea, and the pics, so I've kept them. The page is purely poetry now though Where do you get your ideas from? Check the piano room at the bottom of the page. God I love metaphors. Reality, fantasy, doesn't matter, it can be a poem Are you published? Yes. I entered "Between Them An Afternoon" into a national poetry contest with a sizable cash prize. I did not win, but I qualified as a semi-finalist (or something like that). You can find "Between Them An Afternoon" in "The Silence Within", a coffee table sized volume of poetry, and "The Sound of Poetry", a 3 cd set of poetry read aloud. That is the one I am particularly proud of. Why do some of your poems have the � symbol, and others don't? The only difference beteween the ones with the copyright and without is the ones with the copyright were all submitted to a poetry website. Those without, were not. Both kinds were written by me I really want to talk to you. I can be contacted at [email protected]. Below are some links that also may help you indirectly get to know me if you want to. The piano room just has pictures that I never used of things that are related to the poems on this webpage, inspirations, concepts, ideas. The music box is full of the pictures of the people I have cared for in my lifetime. Each link is VERY image intensive, so expect to wait |
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