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my inspirations in poetry
Aristos Petrou & Scott Arceneaux Jr. often were collaborators in their work. They beautifully depicted suicidal thoughts, loneliness and addiction in a way I have never seen. I find it rare to see poets with the darkest of content talk about these topics with as little shame as these guys, their work makes me feel like I hold back too much.
Shéyaa Abraham-Joseph isn't the poet who's work I enjoy the most at all, but his careless approach when it comes to talking gang life and wanting to murder his enemies while never losing his British wit is something I admire. A fun tone that makes us laugh with topics that should devastate readers teaches me stuff about poetry an English teacher certainly never will.
Robert Zimmerman's poetry is complex, entertaining, witty, quite relatable at times, the list of things he does well goes on and on. I think he is one of the best writers to ever live. Very intelligent political commentary, heartbreak, pure mysteriousness, and vivid imagery are only a small part of his diverse work. I wouldn't hesitate to call a good amount of his poetry perfect.
Johnathan Kirk proved to me that poets do not need to sound intelligent or have a very unique writing style to bring entertainment, social commentary and strong emotions to the table.
Marshall Mathers made me love controversy. He was truly fearless in his writing and probably wanted to make the average poetry reader deeply offended. He wrote some of the most psychotic things I have seen to this day with one of the most creative approaches when it comes to rhyming and using certain words/phrases that I have discovered thus far. When he discusses emotional topics that are common in poetry such as family and addiction, I think he talks about that stuff more accurately than most writers while keeping his amazing writing style that can't be copied, no matter how much people try.
Marvel Williams isn't someone who's work I am crazy familiar with. But the brutality of what he says is something I should not enjoy as much as I do, many would think his words are pure evil. That might be true, and I might go to hell for wanting to find more poetry like his.
Kendrick Duckworth defines I call amazing poetry. While my favorite writer might often change, there have been many times I called him the greatest. Entendres, brutal imagery, activism, relatability, humanity, I could go for hours. He is such a fucking genius and most of the praises I have given other poets on this list I can easily give to him....
Shéyaa Abraham-Joseph isn't the poet who's work I enjoy the most at all, but his careless approach when it comes to talking gang life and wanting to murder his enemies while never losing his British wit is something I admire. A fun tone that makes us laugh with topics that should devastate readers teaches me stuff about poetry an English teacher certainly never will.
Robert Zimmerman's poetry is complex, entertaining, witty, quite relatable at times, the list of things he does well goes on and on. I think he is one of the best writers to ever live. Very intelligent political commentary, heartbreak, pure mysteriousness, and vivid imagery are only a small part of his diverse work. I wouldn't hesitate to call a good amount of his poetry perfect.
Johnathan Kirk proved to me that poets do not need to sound intelligent or have a very unique writing style to bring entertainment, social commentary and strong emotions to the table.
Marshall Mathers made me love controversy. He was truly fearless in his writing and probably wanted to make the average poetry reader deeply offended. He wrote some of the most psychotic things I have seen to this day with one of the most creative approaches when it comes to rhyming and using certain words/phrases that I have discovered thus far. When he discusses emotional topics that are common in poetry such as family and addiction, I think he talks about that stuff more accurately than most writers while keeping his amazing writing style that can't be copied, no matter how much people try.
Marvel Williams isn't someone who's work I am crazy familiar with. But the brutality of what he says is something I should not enjoy as much as I do, many would think his words are pure evil. That might be true, and I might go to hell for wanting to find more poetry like his.
Kendrick Duckworth defines I call amazing poetry. While my favorite writer might often change, there have been many times I called him the greatest. Entendres, brutal imagery, activism, relatability, humanity, I could go for hours. He is such a fucking genius and most of the praises I have given other poets on this list I can easily give to him....
