My Very First Blog Post EVER!

Although I love to write and have been writing poetry, essays, song lyrics, and short stories for years, I have never had a blog before, so this is very new for me. I decided that I wanted to create a blog where I would post my writings for others to enjoy instead of keeping everything to myself. The things I write about cover a very wide range of genres. My poetry ranges from lyrical ballads to gothic lamentations. My essays range from childhood memories to college English papers. My song lyrics range from "I love you" to "I can't believe I ever trusted you!" My short stories range from things that will make you cry to things that will make you laugh so hard you start crying. I don't like to limit myself to just one genre or one style of writing simply because it gets boring rather quickly. I also feel that if I were to limit myself to one specific genre or one specific style of writing, I would be limiting my opportunities to develop my talent of writing. It probably doesn't surprise anyone to find out that I love to read and write about the things that I read, but it might surprise them to find out that I find it hard to write a book report because I don't know where to begin or how to keep my report to a limit of one or two pages. Now that you know that I love to write and what I write about, here is why I write. My main reason for writing is that there is a mystery to the meaning of words. Rarely does a word or phrase have just one single meaning. If you have ever watched the movie, "The Prince and Me," you'll know what I am talking about. If you haven't there is a scene in the movie where the main character is class on William Shakespeare, and is experiencing difficulty understanding the meaning of sonnets that she has been assigned to read. In the movie, the words for Shakespeare's 148th sonnet, "The sun itself sees not until heaven clears," is a perfect example of how words and phrases rarely have a single meaning. In the movie, the main character states at the beginning of the scene that the meaning of this phrase is that you are unable to see the sun when the sky is cloudy. By the end of the scene, she comes to realize that the true meaning of this phrase it that love can blind you and rob you of all logical thinking and reasoning. We have all heard that "sticks and stone may break my bones, but words will never hurt me." This could not possibly be farther from the truth. Yes sticks and stone my break your bones, but words, words are what made the world. Words have the power to build a person up or to tear them down. Words are the tools of construction, and the methods of destruction. This is my main reason for why I love writing. A poem can take on so many different meanings because it can mean one thing for me, but something completely different for you. I don't know how often I will post my written work, but I will try to post something new at least twice a month. I will end on that note, and will proceed with posting a few poems that I have written in my next few posts, along with any information about the poem that might be relevant to it's meaning or why I wrote it. For now...

ENJOY!

Amanda