When it comes to love poetry, just like any poetry, there are some basic rules and guidelines that you can abide by when writing. If you have not studied poetry, you may not be familiar with these. We are not going to delve too deeply into it. Instead, we are going to explain the basics so that anyone – no matter how young or old, can write excellent poetry on their own.

Before you start moaning and groaning – don’t worry, we’ve made this very simple and easy to understand and we’re only going to tell you the parts you really need to know. If you take it upon yourself to continue learning more about poetry and how to write it, then we think that is a great idea. But for the purposes of this book, we are keeping it fairly simple and basic.

Even if you have never studied poetry before, there are probably some basic terms that you have heard of before.

There are some things that are taught to us in school and you may have even heard in movies, television and other daily events. Things like meter, rhyme and rhythm are commonly known parts of poetry. However, you probably have no idea what these things really mean or how to apply them to your poem writing. These are the kinds of things we are going to cover for you. We want you to be able to take the basics and then apply them to your ambition and your desire to write as well as the love and emotion that you feel on the topic so that you can create your own beautiful, amazing love poetry.

If you are serious about learning to write excellent love poetry and if you have a will to learn, then you will do just fine with the things we have outlined here. Because we don’t want to overwhelm you with too much information at once, we have started with the basics and as you move on through each section of the book, you will see more hints and tips. Another reason for this is so that you don’t just skip the instructional chapters and read the poetry only. Each chapter has some sample poems, some advice as well as some great tips and instructions for writing your own poetry. The poems serve as inspiration as well as examples to help you see what we are talking about.

There are also some poetry exercises and starters to help you know what to write because as you will hear us mention many times, the more you write, the better your poetry will be. You might write 20 bad poems to get one great one but it will be all worth it in the end. At the end of every chapter here you will see a review section that will go over the lessons that were taught in that chapter as well as any tips, pointers, activities, etc. This is a great way to review what you have learned and to look back over after you have read the whole book. On that note, let’s move on to the basics of writing poetry.

“Fiction is like a spider’s web, attached ever so slightly perhaps, but still attached to life at all four corners. Often the attachment is scarcely perceptible”. -Virginia Woolf

Virginia Woolf is a very popular fiction writer. Her quotes on popular literature and fiction are simply the realties explained so well. For example, consider another quote on women fiction writers given below.

“A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction”. Virginia Woolf

This reality could not be explained better than this. It seems that most of the female writers in India and Pakistan have money and their own rooms because Urdu language sees many women fiction writers.

Fortunately, the Urdu literature is seeing many great popular fiction writers. The Urdu popular fiction scene is very hip and happening.

However, the Urdu is also not lacking either. Nevertheless, it is not as happening as the popular fiction. Of course, the reason for this is that the audience for the Urdu literature is lesser in number.

One reason that people cannot read the Urdu literature is that the books are too expensive to buy. The common person of Pakistan simply cannot afford to buy the Urdu books. The publishing houses of Pakistan have monopolized the books market and they have caused artificial inflation in the price of the books in Pakistan.

The good news is that the Urdu books and novels can be found in Pakistan absolutely free to read. There are two main ways to find free Urdu books in Pakistan. One is to get the books from libraries and the other is to read them online.

The library scene in Pakistan is very disappointing. There are too few libraries and not accessible to much of the public. Many libraries are exclusive for different groups of people. The examples of these exclusive groups of people are students, government servants, armed forces personnel, and people living in urban posh areas. However if you belong to one of those exclusive groups of people consider yourself lucky! Now you can access a variety of Urdu books free of cost. You can get them issued for days or an entire week to read comfortably.

General people who do not have access to the libraries will have to rely on the online free Urdu novels for reading them. For some people reading a novel online can be a little or too much uncomfortable. Of course, the people who are used to reading books would find it hard. Some people are not comfortable or even familiar with operating the computer at all.

Another thing that is required for reading free Urdu books and novels is the internet connection. The internet connection should be high-speed; otherwise, there will be a lot of nuisance while reading the novel. The broadband internet works fine. When one sees the excellent and exquisite collection of the Urdu novels available on the internet, may be one can overcome the discomfort of reading from the computer screen.

The flesh was putting up a brave dialogue. 
I was willing to play the game. 
Stunned, shocked, pleasantly sore 
basking in heat of silk throat, 

I asked the needles to go ahead 
and stitch the wounds without loss of blood. 
Wasps were waiting to light the candles, 
so that they can attack the pink skin. 

The fruit bats were hanging upside down; 
time for fellatio. A boundary was submerged 
in deluge of anger. It was a white night 
for an ice cream cone. God bless the queen. 

Satish Verma

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POETRY

The flesh was putting up a brave dialogue. 
I was willing to play the game. 
Stunned, shocked, pleasantly sore 
basking in heat of silk throat, 

I asked the needles to go ahead 
and stitch the wounds without loss of blood. 
Wasps were waiting to light the candles, 
so that they can attack the pink skin. 

The fruit bats were hanging upside down; 
time for fellatio.

A boundary was submerged 
in deluge of anger. It was a white night 
for an ice cream cone. God bless the queen. 

Satish Verma

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POETRY

The flesh was putting up a brave dialogue. 
I was willing to play the game. 
Stunned, shocked, pleasantly sore 
basking in heat of silk throat, 

I asked the needles to go ahead 
and stitch the wounds without loss of blood. 
Wasps were waiting to light the candles, 
so that they can attack the pink skin. 

The fruit bats were hanging upside down; 
time for fellatio.

A boundary was submerged 
in deluge of anger. It was a white night 
for an ice cream cone. God bless the queen. 

Satish Verma

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POETRY

The flesh was putting up a brave dialogue. 
I was willing to play the game. 
Stunned, shocked, pleasantly sore 
basking in heat of silk throat, 

I asked the needles to go ahead 
and stitch the wounds without loss of blood. 
Wasps were waiting to light the candles, 
so that they can attack the pink skin. 

The fruit bats were hanging upside down; 
time for fellatio. A boundary was submerged 
in deluge of anger. It was a white night 
for an ice cream cone. God bless the queen. 

Satish Verma

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POETRY

The flesh was putting up a brave dialogue. 
I was willing to play the game. 
Stunned, shocked, pleasantly sore 
basking in heat of silk throat, 

I asked the needles to go ahead 
and stitch the wounds without loss of blood. 
Wasps were waiting to light the candles, 
so that they can attack the pink skin. 

The fruit bats were hanging upside down; 
time for fellatio. A boundary was submerged 
in deluge of anger. It was a white night 
for an ice cream cone. God bless the queen. 

Satish Verma

————————————————————————–

POETRY

The flesh was putting up a brave dialogue. 
I was willing to play the game. 
Stunned, shocked, pleasantly sore 
basking in heat of silk throat, 

I asked the needles to go ahead 
and stitch the wounds without loss of blood. 
Wasps were waiting to light the candles, 
so that they can attack the pink skin. 

The fruit bats were hanging upside down; 
time for fellatio. A boundary was submerged 
in deluge of anger. It was a white night 
for an ice cream cone. God bless the queen. 

Satish Verma

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Bengali literature or Bangla Shahityo consists of literary compositions written in the Bengali language. This language is very commonly spoken in the Indian state of West Bengal and the Bangladesh. The literature is rich and offers diverse body of writing for all age groups. It is said that Bangla or Bengali traces its origin from the Indo-European group of languages. The very first literary work in Bengali is said to be scripted around 10th century. The Bangla literature is divided into three phases- the old Bengali, middle Bengali and the modern Bengali literary works.

Bengali literature has successfully pictured the various transformations happening in the society. From the Indian independence movement to the various social changes in the society, writers have mentioned them in their literary works.

The vivid culture and traditions also find place in the various Bangla books and novels. Bengali Matrimony rituals and customs are also mentioned in various literary books. Writers have beautifully mentioned the distinctive Bengali matrimonial customs in their work.

The Old Bengali Literature:

The beginning works in Bengali dates back to around 10th century. These works generally comprise of mystic songs of Buddhist religion. The Buddhist seer-poets like Kukkuripada, Kamlipada, Chatilpada, Dhendhanpada, Kanhapada, Shantipada and Luipada. Their works are commonly called the Charyapada.

Middle Bengali literature:

In this period, the literature scripted in Bengali has influence of the Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.

Even before his arrival, others contributed to the language’s literary works. Lyrical poems were chiefly in the part of these period work. Translation of Bhagavata Purana and Krishna Kritana were also added to Bengali literature. It is in this period that Bengali translations of two greatest works in Sanskrit were done. The Ramayana and the Bhagavata helped in enriching the language. The translation of these two greatest works helped in reaching out the works to many who did not understood Sanskrit.

Another very interesting addition to Bengali literature in this period is the Mangal-Kavya. This is collection of poems praising the various Hindu deities. Most of these poems have origin in rural Bengal. These Hindu narrative poems are divided into Dharma Mangal, Manasa Mangal and Chandi Mangal.

Modern Bengali Literature:

The 19th Century was the period when many important contributions in Bengali Literature took place. Notable works were written in this period and it is right to say that this period was actually literary renaissance. Raja Ram Mohan Roy, social activist and scholar, translated Sanskrit works into Bengali, to reach out to the masses. His reforms on Bengali matrimony’s old customs and rituals made a change in the social outlook. He wrote on many important social and religious issues.

Some of the notable writers and their literary works in this period are as follows:

Michael Madhusudan Dutt: He is a poet, known for his Bengali –epic poem, Meghnadh Bodh Kabyo, which means ‘The Slaying of Meghnadh’. His poetic style was like the English poet, Milton.
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay is well-known novelist and essayist from Bengal. His literary works have inspired writers and poets from other languages as well. His notable works are Durgeshnandini, Kapalkundala, Devi Chaudhurani and Devdas. The national song of India, Vande Mātāram, is a master work from him.
Rabindranath Tagore: He is a Nobel laureate, worldwide famous for his work Gitanjali, contributed significantly in changing the course of Bengali literature.

Ever dreamed of writing your own novel but you just don’t know how to go about it? Actually, the fact that you were able to think about the whole thing might just mean that the next best seller might be your own creation. It may just take a little time, effort and a spark of inspiration to get you started. This is easier said than done. But as long as you have that passion for writing burning in there, you will probably get that novel written as long as you put your heart into it and are willing to get down and dirty with these basic novel-writing tips.

The very first thing you need to do is know what you want to write about. You need a story. Try to imagine it in your mind. You can concoct any plot but you know that people will read something that is worth their time. Take it slowly and try to craft a storyline that you think people will appreciate.

Choose which genre you’re targeting – love, suspense, horror, science fiction while doing this. You have to be decided on this one, otherwise, you just may end up confusing your readers and they may not have very good things to say when somebody asks them for a review.

Once you’ve decided on a plot, it’s time to create an outline of it. There are some writers who feel they don’t need to do this because they work better when the ideas just flow. It is wise to be safe for someone who may be starting. A breakdown of the events in your story which you can do by chapter is called an outline. Most novelists believe the most important chapter is the first because this is where and how you present your characters and set the general mood of your novel. Others, though, making the first chapter’s outline is enough, but for those who want to make sure they’re on track with their story, an outline for every chapter works.

Keep the focus when outlining is to set specific goals for each chapter.

With your plot clearly laid out in that outline, you can now write your first draft. Don’t be disappointed when you feel you’ve done some things wrong here and there because even the most bankable author will not publish a first draft. That’s the reason why it’s called a draft – you’re supposed to go through it and fine-comb it until you achieve the tone and effect that you want.

Don’t forget to give yourself time before going back to your first draft and editing it. Sometimes, when writers are caught up with their passions as they write, they come up with something that may be too deep and complicated for an ordinary reader to understand. To put it simply, they sometimes end up writing something that doesn’t read too well. What you can do is write the first draft, go back to it after a day or two, and read it again. By this time, you may encounter parts that you think you could write better. Try to come up with as you deem necessary until you finally get it right. Again, it’s good to give yourself time before going back to a draft and editing it. Through this, you will have a fresh perspective and you will tend to judge your writing with the best frame of mind.

If you think your book is ready for the world, it’s time to go online and research on how to get published. There are many websites dedicated to new writers and you can get in touch with them so you can start finding a publisher.

If you enjoy reading love stories, you’ll probably write a great romantic novel excerpts. You’ll be targeting a very wide audience with a romance novel excerpts so get those creative juice flowing and get on your

So you have had this idea floating around in your head for years, and you want to write it. It’s a story, fiction, and you think it may be a novel. It has gotten to the point where it is almost bothering you. You need to write it. So you turn on the computer, make a cup of coffee, open a new Word doc, and the wind blows right out of your sails. You can barely get a sentence out.

I have written three novels, and am ready to break ground on the fourth. I know that feeling of looking at the screen and not knowing what to do. I will explain to you step-by-step how to get your novel written and begin the publishing process. But before I begin, one piece of advice. Do not discuss your idea or novel with anyone until you have finished the first draft. Why? Have you ever had something funny or very interesting happen to you? The first time you tell the story, people are rolling over laughing because you have some much energy as you tell the story.

The 5th time you tell it, the laughs or reactions are not as good, because you have lost energy in the story; the story is no longer completely yours. Every time you tell a story you lose some of it. The great thing about writing a novel is that if the topic is something that weighs on you, when you finish, the weight will leave, that cloud will pass. You need all the energy of your story to get that first draft done, once it is done, you can talk about the story all you want.

First, the basics. What is a novel? Without going into too much detail here, let’s just say that any piece of fiction over 50,000 words. I recommend using this as the minimum because you will find some contests and literary agents who consider that the minimum. So, considering that the minimum you want is 50,000 words, I would shoot for 60,000 so you have plenty of room to trim in the editing stage. Remember, a page is about 400 words (depends on fonts and page size etc)

Your plan. First, create the story in your head, than outline the chapters. I would do a paragraph or two for each chapter. Make a list of each character that appears in each chapter, we will use this later. Make sure the chapters are driving both the story line and the character development. Remember, any story is made up of three things. 1. Exposition: this where you introduce the characters and setup the story. Conflict: Something goes wrong, there is tension. Climax: The high point of the story, maximum tension. Resolution: This is where you tie up the loose ends and make everything nice, or not so nice, but you leave everything resolved.

This is the classic structure. You are an iconoclast? Great, just keep in mind that this is the structure people expect. Remember the famous line from Hitchcock, you can’t show the public the bomb under the table than explode the bomb, they will feel betrayed.

Many people have difficulty understanding this structure, and it is absolutely crucial you have this clear for you book. I will use the film Rocky as an example. Very simple structure and most people have seen it.

Exposition: We see Rocky fighting in cheap clubs, working as a hoodlum, basically living the life a loser. Adrian is introduced, manager, neighborhood etc. No tension, just showing you around.

First Plot Point: Apollo Creed’s opponent cancels big fight for July 4th 1976, so Apollo decides to fight and unknown in Philadelphia, in honor of the bicentennial, and randomly picks Rocky. The tension begins. Rocky is now up against the world champ. He is completely outmatched. He begins to train, but can’t. He fights with his manager, who rejected him, he feels like a bum. How will Rocky confront the great Apollo?

Second Plot Point: Rocky climbs the stairs in Philadelphia, and raises his hands, the music plays, the tension is over, he has won the battle, he has conquered the “bum” inside himself which is the true battle he is fighting. From this point on the film winds down through the fight, which he loses honorably, and all are happy.

Keep in mind your novel needs tension. So as you write the chapter outline, pay attention to where you are in the overall structure of the story.

Write a few paragraphs about each character in the novel. More about the main characters. What do they look like? Where do they live, work, and drink? Where were they born, what did their parents do? What where they in high school (geek, jock, druggy etc.) Review of love life, college, work, dark secrets, and vices (we all have vices and secrets fantasies, know them for each character). Have an idea how long you want the novel to be; this may change or be adjusted, but start out with an estimate, i.e., number of chapters, average pages per chapter.

So before you sit down to begin chapter 1, page 1, you should have an overall outline of the story describing what happens during exposition, conflict, where the climax is, and finally how you resolve everything. You have a description of all the characters that will appear in the novel and you have a description of what happens in each chapter. One note here. Characters come alive, you create them in clay, but as you write, they take on a life of their own, let them, this is good. If they rebel against your structure and begin to go down another path, follow them, change your structure. Don’t be rigid with the characters, the more alive they appear to you, the better your novel will be.

Now the hard part. Writing is not easy, and I have never met anyone who said that it was. So I follow these rules when I am writing a novel, and I have completed three, so this method does work. You must write every day, you must write a minimum of 1,000 words a day, and you must write at the same time, same place every day. Now obviously things happen etc., but I would try and be as strict with this as possible, because it is the best way to make sure that you have a first draft completed in a few months, depending on how long you want the novel to be. Coffee helps. Try and get into the characters, feel them, become them as they speak. First few paragraphs can be painful, but just keep banging out copy, get it out there on the page. You will find that writing is like working out, you hate it, but you will feel so good afterwards.

Now a quick word on types of writers. Let’s just say there are two types of writers, those that write quickly, and spend a lot of time editing and revising, and those that write slowly, the perfectionists. I really think it is a personality thing, so you will have to figure that out for yourself, but really try and knock out the 1,000 words. If you are very much a perfectionist, maybe do 800 a day. But I wouldn’t do less than that.

I always read what I wrote the day before first, do some revising on it, almost as a warm up, to get me into the story. I like to write with music, but, for example, I can’t read with music. Everyone has their quirks. One thing that works for me was a piece of advice Hemingway gave. He said to always leave off at a good point, when you feel you have some rhythm, because this makes it easier to get back into the next day.

Keep writing, once you have twenty or thirty thousand words under your belt, you will feel very good, like you can get the book written. And one fine day you will come the end, type those last few words and you will feel very strange. I can’t say so more about it.

Now, immediately, next day, start with the revision. Try and knock out a chapter a day, no more. You must be very attentive with the first revision, as soon as you get tired you will miss things. Some things will need major re-writes, some things will seem just plain boring and bad, and other parts will seem surprisingly good. If it feels wrong, it is wrong. If you have slightest hesitation about something, re-write it, fix it. Don’t leave it to you feel good about it.

This will take a couple of weeks. Do it one more time than don’t look at the novel for at least three months. After three months, I usually wait a six, but that is up to you, do two more revisions. Now you need someone else’s eyeballs because you know this story way to well. This is where a good copy edit is well worth the money. Someone you don’t know who is a professional writer. They will charge around a $ .01 a word, but it is well worth it. If you can’t afford it, join a reading group; just be very careful who you let read your work. The first time you let someone read what you have written can be very traumatic, make sure you have similar tastes, same genre and know how to make a constructive critique. When you critique their work, be constructive, if something doesn’t work, gently let them know and offer a solution, if it works, tell them it works.

After you are confident that the novel is clean, no mistakes, no fuzzy areas in the plot, consistent etc. you can think about publishing. You can do it yourself on CreateSpace from Amazon, and for the cost of one book, about 10$ , you will have your novel on Amazon. If you want to try and publish it through traditional channels, there is a book, Jeff Herman’s Guide to Publishers, Editors and Literary Agents. It is an excellent place to start. You will write a query letter, make a lot of Self Adressed Stamped Envelopes (SASE) and send a lot of emails. But the most important thing is that you have written your novel. And nothing can take that feeling away from you.

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The method I have mentioned above can also be done when you are searching for the best dealer for Volvo. There are so many Volvo salt lake dealer sellers that you can find if you use the internet search. After you have the list of dealers, you will need to find out the price and the service given by the dealer. Comparing one dealer, like Ken Garff dealer, to another is the best thing you can do right now.

Writing your first novel is very challenging. This is when you discover that you don’t really know so much. Most new novelists normally learned to write a novel after reading many good books in their genre over many years and slowly absorbing the tips and tricks of how to write a novel. Recently however with novel software the learning period for a new novelist can become really short – just the time needed to learn the use of fiction writer’s software. The reading habit unfortunately has suffered as a result of TV and film and this has made the old custom of learning to write by reading then writing nearly impracticable for many. 

A faster path to getting published

Upon deciding to use novel software you will step into a template the program assigns basing on your story type and the options you feed into it.

You are then sure that you are adopting sound plotting techniques from that moment on. And that the novel stands a chance to succeed, if, that is, everything else is okay and that you see it through. For beginners this self-assurance in itself is supremely important. Not many of us can afford a good critic or mentor these days, even from among our friends! People are much too busy.

Working in novel software you follow the path of the masters

In times gone by, novelists crafted their books relying on sense and intuition by and large, a lot of the time through trial and error – a tough routine to endure. For the beginning novelist these days, experts have come up with novel writing software by researching the bestselling fiction ever written and cracking some codes to produce templates for any genre you can imagine.

Using this software you learn from the experts and the bestselling novelists past and present how to write a novel.

Using novel software equates to saving time

Here is how it goes: you step into a story template that has already been laid out in accordance with the best plotting techniques and all you need is follow it through! This of course greatly reduces the amount of time you need to write a novel!

Undoubtedly though, writing a book will never be effortless or terribly quick, but the hardest aspect by far is how to get started. The second is, having started, to keep going! Learning the craft by reading widely in your genre is far and away the best option, but with writing software the new novelist quickly learns how to write a novel by taking in insights and novel writing tips at the click of a mouse button – insights into how to structure a novel.

One alternative option of course is to attend writing workshops, or hire a personal instructor, or else to pay for a creative writing course. But this is beyond the scope of many, to say nothing about the time factor. A good novel program on the other hand can usually do a good job of standing in for the lack of a human support group or individual.

This, for new writers, represents a shortcut. Novel software, however, has something to offer both new and experienced novelists. You have a choice of tools: i.e. story-management programs or story-development software.

Are you ready to begin writing your first novel and need a few guidelines? Here are 5 tips to get you started writing with confidence.

1. Use dialect sparingly. Too much is like adding too much salt to your food. Unappealing to say the least. Don’t overuse terms like “y’all” and “youse.” If your character is one who overuses the word “aint,” you only need to show this once or twice and you have established him as an “aint” user. Less is more. Be careful about using regional expressions because some readers won’t know what it means.

2. If you don’t know what to write about, start keeping a journal and make an entry every night. Make a daily exercise to write about something interesting you saw or heard from that day. If you can’t think of anything interesting, just write anything that comes to mind. The point is to get your pen moving or your fingers tapping on the keyboard.

It is amazing what you end up with from some of this babbling. Often ideas come to you right then and there.

3. Set priorities. That means you need to write every day and make it a priority. If you have to get up a bit earlier or write during your lunch or break time, so be it. Just get that writing done every day.

4. Remember to keep suspense in your novel. Your reader needs to constantly be wondering, “What will happen next?” If the reader already knows what is going to happen or, even worse, doesn’t care what happens, they are not going to want to continue reading. So don’t give away everything right away.

5. Know how you want your story to end before you start writing. Yes, there are authors who wing it, but that is not a good idea. You’ll paint yourself into a tiny corner and end up having to do a lot of rewriting.

That doesn’t mean you can’t change it later if you want to, but do have your ending in mind as you write your novel.

I use words as others use algebraic signs: with meticulousness, with caution, with the precision of the artisan. I sculpt in words. I stop. I tilt my head. I listen to the echoes. The tables of emotional resonance. The fine tuned reverberations of pain and love and fear. Air waves and photonic ricochets answered by chemicals secreted in my listeners and my readers.

I know beauty. I have always known it in the biblical sense, it was my passionate mistress. We made love. We procreated the cold children of my texts. I measured its aesthetics admiringly. But this is the mathematics of grammar. It was merely the undulating geometry of syntax.

Devoid of all emotions, I watch your reactions with the sated amusement of a Roman nobleman.

I wrote:

“My world is painted in shadows of fear and sadness. Perhaps they are related – I fear the sadness.

To avoid the overweening, sepia melancholy that lurks in the dark corners of my being – I deny my own emotions. I do so thoroughly, with the single-mindedness of a survivor. I persevere through dehumanization. I automate my processes. Gradually, parts of my flesh turn into metal and I stand there, exposed to sheering winds, as grandiose as my disorder.

I write poetry not because I need to. I write poetry to gain attention, to secure adulation, to fasten on to the reflection in the eyes of others that passes for my Ego. My words are fireworks, formulas of resonance, the periodic table of healing and abuse.

These are dark poems. A wasted landscape of pain ossified, of scarred remnants of emotions. There is no horror in abuse. The terror is in the endurance, in the dreamlike detachment from one’s own existence that follows. People around me feel my surrealism. They back away, alienated, discomfited by the limpid placenta of my virtual reality.

Now I am left alone and I write umbilical poems as others would converse.

Before and after prison, I have written reference books and essays. My first book of short fiction was critically acclaimed and commercially successful.

I tried my hand at poetry before, in Hebrew, but failed. Tis strange. They say that poetry is the daughter of emotion. Not in my case.

I never felt except in prison – and yet there, I wrote in prose. The poetry I authored as one does math. It was the syllabic music that attracted me, the power to compose with words. I wasn’t looking to express any profound truth or to convey a thing about myself. I wanted to recreate the magic of the broken metric. I still recite aloud a poem until it SOUNDS right. I write upright – the legacy of prison. I stand and type on a laptop perched atop a cardboard box. It is ascetic and, to me, so is poetry. A purity. An abstraction. A string of symbols open to exegesis. It is the most sublime intellectual pursuit in a world that narrowed down and has become only my intellect.”