Poetry Attempts

"There once was a man who found love in a Flutist, but found it too late."

So begins nearly thirty years of attempted poetry. Starting at age eighteen, the author wrote poems inspired by the emotions of being alone. A shy young man, he was never courageous enough to share his emotions with those he adored. Unable to express himself in any other way, he wrote. Poems from this time in his life are filled with the longing for someone he wasn't able to find.

That all changed at age twenty-seven,...