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I haven't been posting a lot on here lately. It seems that sometimes writersblock creeps up on me and doesn't let loose. Though also a reason is that I hope to receive more views and comments on my work. That's why I strated to post some poetry on Hubpages. As well as other articles. Please do check them out. Especially the poetry :)

Check out my poetry: An Angel

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Goodbye, so long

Originally I wrote this poem about a friends relationship. Though actually all of us may have had these feelings.

At first everything seems great. You start making plans together and it seems that you will be together forever. At least that's what you thought. In the end things don't always work out as you hoped and then you'll need to accept the fact that the love is gone.
 







Goodbye, so long

She wrote me those simple words
Though it sounded absurd
I didn't care
Knew I wouldn't have to fear
Those feelings coming near

Write when you just feel like it

Sometimes you don't have any specific thoughts on what to write and most likely it won't be something great. It's more to pass some time. Well then set your mind on go and just flow about anything! Most of the times some sentences are really nice and can be used in other other poems. I have written a lot of poems and let's say 20% of them are actually good. Though the other 80% were great to just write a bit. Later on I combined some of the best sentences of those poems and with those I'd create a new great poem.
You could also edit one of those poems which aren't that great. Just adjusting a few sentences can make a poem about a whole different subject. Take out some mistakes, adjust the flow a bit, add some sentences to it and give it a new title. You might have created a whole new poem!
So start editing some old poems and be amazed.
Good luck!

When Worlds Clash

I wrote this poem a few years ago. It's not hard to figure out what it's about. It's a bit simpel but a strong poem so I thought: "Why not post it". Hope you like it!

When Worlds Clash

I live somewhere
You will never be
Another world
You cannot see

Back on track

It's been a while since I've written consistently, but I'm back.
It's time to post something again.
I have been quite busy writing since my last post and hope to share my new poems with you. I'll be posting something every week. Most of my new posts will have some of my own poems in them, but I'll also be writing about things that might inspire you ofcourse. Hopefully you'll stay tuned!
Thank you and keep on writing!

Where to write?

When I started of writing, I always wondered where I could get the most exposure. For a starting writer it's important to have people read his poetry and reviewing it. Only then, you can improve.
So where do you start? Well I'm not sure, though I can tell you where I started. That was at writing.com. It's a great site with a very large and nice community. It's an easy to use site, though may look a bit overwhelming at first. What else can you do? You could of course start a blog like I did. But I must say that it is hard to attract visitors at first. That's why I combined my writing.com profile with my blog. Putting up a link to my blog on writing.com and posting only a few poems on it. Referring most of the people to my site for more poems. This worked quite well and gave my blog a bit of recognition. I highly recommend that you do so to.
Of course there are many more websites where you can post your poetry and have people review it, though writing.com has become my favorite because of it's community. You can always register at multiple sites and refer to your blog, though this worked for me and I never had the need to post the same poems at multiple sites. It seemed a bit strange to me.

I hope I've been a bit of help to you and don't forget to check www.writing.com.

Never give up!

It's been a while since I wrote here. I can't really explain why. I have been trying to explain why for an hour now, but I just can't. That's why there is nothing else to do then to move on. Hopefully we can agree on that.

In life there will always be times where you think that giving up might be better. It's easier, though not the right option. Giving up is never an option. People have told me to give up a lot of things. I never did. I just kept on trying, moving on and giving it my all. In the end I proved many wrong, there was no need to give up because I did what they said I couldn't do. The same goes for writing. Many may say that your writing isn't good enough even may say it sucks. Then what? Just keep on writing. It only gets better and who says that those saying it sucks aren't just jealous? Many famous people only got famous because they never gave up. That's why you shouldn't give up either.

Inspiration?

Today I had some friends over asking me about my blog. They tried helping me by naming things that could inspire people to write. The first thing they said was weed. It's no secret my friends and I smoke some weed sometimes. It's legal here so what's the problem? As long as you know your limits, right? So they said weed and coming to think of it, it does help you think creative, though really inspiring you to write? I have written enough times under influence of weed and I must say that it helps. The only problem is that you think you're doing a great job, but that may not always be so. Enough times I would read what I wrote the day after and most of the time it's not good at all. Funny is that you will write about the most philosophic questions ever or think of subjects you usually won't think of. That's something great, because when you read it you can start making adjustments and make something good out of it. Then you get an exciting, crazy, perhaps great poem. Here is a poem I wrote when I was under influence : Never This Chill

Now does weed inspire you or not ?
I think it's safe to say it inspires you, but writing when under influence is a different story. Also keep in mind that when you're under influence you won't be in the mood to write. You'll most likely want to sit, laugh and eat.
One last thing, there are many ways to be inspired, try those instead of weed. Especially when it isn't legal!

Rage

Ever had that insane feeling of rage ? Well so did I. I guess everyone has that feeling once in a while. It can have many reasons. I also had many reasons. Rather then talk about them, I wrote about them. It's easier for me.

Rage

All this rage
It makes me feel locked up in a cage
I don't know how it appeared
But it happened and is what I feared
I can't control myself

My words don't seem to be mine
I feel this need to commit a crime
People with offers I can't decline
I pay the fine
Not with money
But with a piece of me
I make myself pay
Every single day

Vacation!

I didn't mention it before, but I went on vacation in a kind of hurry. I didn't even have the time to leave a post about it! Well, now I'm back and ready to write on.
But first I want to tell you about my great vacation. I went to Hersonissos, one of the best places to party. I went with a group of 8 and we rented this mansion which was awesome. It had everything! When I first saw it I forgot about all the cool parties and stuff in the city. I only wanted to spend my time in that mansion. After we went to the first club those thoughts were all gone. I've met a lot new people and had a lot of fun. If you're planning to go to a cool place to party then that is the place to be! At least in Europe. Oh and The Netherlands of course!

Something really inspiring is a good vacation! Everyone needs to take a vacation once in a while. Relax a bit and get relieved from all that stress. Hopefully you'll be going on vacation soon!

The importance of music

What many of you starting poets don't understand is the importance of music. I don't say that you can't write without, though music is a really good inspiration source. Most people hear at least one song a day! Most likely you hear more songs a day. These songs you hear, somehow influence you. Like when you hear this sad song and it stays in your head, then you most likely will write a sad poem or anything in that direction. Many deny this, but come on. It really does influence you even though you might not notice it directly. So I say why not use this in your advantage. If your sick writing all these sad poems, why not put on a happy song and try writing something then. See what happens and maybe you'll write something happy instead!
Good luck to all and write on!

Hup Holland!

Finally I have some time to add a blog post! Perhaps some soccer fans are reading right now and I would like to tell them that I believe that Holland will win the world cup! So what does this have to do with poetry, inspiration or just anything in this category? Well seeing your country doing well at just anything is something to be inspired by, right? Be inspired by the great things your country does. By great things many people think like helping other countries rebuild and stuff. Though it also can be seeing your country do well in a soccer game and perhaps winning the world cup! Just about anything in short.

My last word is Hup Holland Hup!! Don't be afraid to support your country.

On tour

I have been gone for a while, again. After I got out of the hospital I had 2 days rest and then I got some invitations from all kinds of places to come by and to read my poetry and perform with some of my friends who have a band. So we went on a sort of "tour". Going to 5 cities performing and having fun. It was great! Gaming and checking shops in the morning and partying, performing at night. People loved us and I think we will be going "on tour" more often now! Forgot to tweet in the time we were "on tour" though I was thinking of all you readers. I tried writing some new things, but for some reason I couldn't. Not because there was nothing to inspire me around, but because we were always planning on what to do next and how to get to the next spot. Something that inspired me along the road was people saying how much they liked my work and would be checking the blog more often now. A real morale boost! Also the band was doing great and has gained a lot of fans.
The next time I'll take my laptop along and give you updates on what I'm doing and stuff. Perhaps people in Holland can come and see me then!
So what am I planning to do now? Not much.. perhaps try to write and hang out with my friends. At least that's the plan for the coming 2 days.

Beaten into the hospital

I've been away for a while again. I know this isn't what we agreed on, but again I have a good reason. I have been in the hospital. Explains the title, right? How it happened? I met an old friend of mine and he decided to even things for something that happened two years ago. So he and his friends beaten me up.. very bad. They left me after they were done hitting the lights out of me. Luckily someone found me and called an ambulance. No serious damage but the doctor said it could have been worse, I was lucky. I still look a bit bruised, but ready to get back to writing. Well actually I started in the hospital. Here is what I wrote.

Old friends

What happened in the past
Was a whole lot different
As what happened last

I was an idiot
I admit
Though you were the one
Who dragged me in it

A big fight
In the middle of the night
Two against five
We fought as if it was for our life

Passed!

Today everyone got a message from school if they passed their exams or not. I passed all my exams with eights! All of them! Everyone was saying it would be impossible for me to pass, but I proved them wrong. Now I can fully enjoy my vacation and do whatever I like. Even my boss came to my house to congratulate me. I've also been invited to a party so I can celebrate my graduation partying. These sort moments inspire the most, important things that happen in your life. Though today I didn't have the time to write something. I think I'll write something tomorrow. Hope all people out there waiting for their exam results also pass. Well I'm of! I think I'll post a new poem tomorrow so stay tuned.

Performing poetry

Tonight I'll be performing 2 of my poems for an audience in AMSTERDAM!! Yes the capital of The Netherlands! A cool coffee shop where I sometimes hang with friends asked me to perform after they had seen my blog. It's Wednesday so there will be a lot of people and I'm actually kinda nervous, but also excited. I haven't performed before so I searched for some tips and found this site http://www.wbaf.co.uk/hints-and-tips-performance-poetry. I like the tips and think it will help me, perhaps it will help you to. Oh and the poems I'll be performing are Shattering and Never this chill. The owner asked me to do those because he liked them the most and thought people there would like these most. I don't mind and think he's right. Especially Never this chill will do good I think haha.

Wandering at night

2 days ago I had an argue with my parents that made me so angry that I decided to leave home. So I left home in the middle of the night and went out in search of something better. I wandered the streets of the city and everything was silent. Until I stumbled upon an old man. After a talk with him I went back home and decided to write about this experience. That's what I'm working on now. A poem called An old man. It might not sound that exciting, though I think you'll like to read it when it's done. I'll post it soon!
Finally something to inspire you. Taking a walk at night really does miracles and is perhaps more inspiring then you might have thought. At least it was for me! Try it, enjoy the silence and clear your mind.

I'm back online!

Okay, I'll start with apologizing for not blogging and not helping those who have mailed me! But before everyone starts getting mad again. I do have reason why I didn't blog. My internet has been down for almost 6 days now. So blogging was a bit hard. Though now I'm back and ready to blog on. I'm going to be blogging a bit more now. I've got mails from people asking me what I'm writing at the moment and stuff. So since you seem to find that interesting. I'll be blogging a bit more about what poems I'm working on and how I get to writing such poems. Hope this will get you people a bit more excited to read more. Also if you would really like to know everything I'm up to. Then follow me on twitter! I just started a twitter. I'd be happy to react to your tweets!

Be inspired by teamwork

You can write alone, but also together. Writing together is much more fun, makes it easier to write more in a short period of time and there is more creativity when you write together. You can also learn a lot from each other when writing together. Writing with someone you don't know personally may be strange but you might learn a lot from it. Of course writing with friends or perhaps family is a bit easier because you know each other better. Though when you decide to write together with someone, make sure you're on one line with each other or else you'll only end up fighting.
So write together and inspire each other to write as good as you can!

Be inspired by just listening

Yesterday I was sitting at a bar with some friends. Having a few drinks and laughing a bit. Then I heard these two guys talking kinda loud. So I started listening to what they were saying. They were talking about some deep stuff. About war and why people actually seek war. That inspired me to also write something about war and the real reasons for war. At least from my point of view and perhaps that of many others. So you see that listening to just anyone can inspire you. Of course don't forget that listening to you friends also is a great way to be inspired, but you may have noticed already. One last thing, some people might not like you eavesdropping on their conversation so be careful when you do it and it isn't a real polite thing to do either, but there are enough people who'd love to tell you what they are talking about when you ask!