WAITING FOR THE WRITE EXPRESSION

intro...

I am a work in progress
Waiting for the write expression
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This is the way to my soul
Every gem
Every scar
Write or wrong
This is me
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So, as I said in my bio, I've been writing all my life and we're talking 100+ poems. I debated about putting them up in chronological order like I did with my old manuscripts (which had different titles and formats.) But now, for the first time, I'm posting them in a way that just seems right.

However, I still think there is some value in the numbering and dates, so those are still noted at the bottom*. And, as I said before, there's a huge mix of styles, influences and themes as life goes on. Oh BTW, I have resisted the urge to edit the early stuff and wanted to stay true to the original voice back then. Hopefully, it's not too cringy...?

Big thank you to Dean for letting me use his photograph on the cover.

And this is dedicated to all the people who have had an impact on my life--good or bad. But most of all for my sister, Kazen, for having been there through it all.

Thank you for reading all this, and yeah, I hope I got the write expression,

Julie
5 January 2023

*About the number thing, there are currently 128 poems. "See My Truth" is the most recent as of this writing--however there probably will be more til the day I die (i.e. never not writing). And number 1 is called "Fear", which got me going in the first place. But, not all of them are worth posting--though they still exist in my heart--and the little OCD imp in me can't stand the idea of not keeping them in order.

Oh, and until I'm done uploading them all, you might notice a change in the order they are presented until I am completely done, so you'll just have to check back.

You will also notice that after I turned 30, I stopped listing my age, thinking it didn't matter any more. But I suppose all you lovable left-brainers out there could do the math and come up with a number, I just don't want to know, okay? (Yes, I'm in age denial.)