Introduction: My Poetic Influences

I have written poetry since I was quite young, and as I grew older, many talented (although sometimes tortured) souls influenced me. On the top of this list is Edward "Ted" Hughes, ex husband of famed bipolar poster child and poet Sylvia Plath.

I do not call her a poster child for bipolar disorder to be cruel, no. I am actually quite taken with her work as well. I only mean to say, she suffered a lot, and it IS widely believed she had an undiagnosed mental illness of the bipolar class at least.

Other poetic influences include the great welsh poet Dylan Thomas, and Doors front man James Douglas "Jim" Morrison. I only hope that my poetry will be as widely read, and as legendary.

Even though not everything they did in life was necessarily the most wholesome, or even always the most sane, their work still stands out among all the reams in literary history.