The Poetic Diary of a Lover

By Ethan Bradshaw

A young man's actual, non-fiction diary of poems bares his heart & soul published for the first time. Never intended to see the light of day, these intimate, real-life poems are intensely personal and reveal a struggle to make sense of heartbreak, passion, & life. Indulge yourself in a fantasy of realism for a few stanzas - you have stumbled upon the most intimate of secrets: poetry of the heart.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Ethan Bradshaw
• Release date: May 8, 2013
• ISBN: 9781301675135

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The Poetic Diary of a Lover

Real Poems of Real Passion

By Ethan Bradshaw

Copyright 2013 Ethan Bradshaw

Smashwords Edition

Table of Contents

Introduction

I Wonder

Picture

Haunted

Shining Star

Wonderful to Me

Friend

This Feeling

I Have to Let Her Go

Starvin’ for Your Love

Christmas in June

Addicted to Your Love

Click

Home

She Was

Just Fall

Stranger

Anniversary

The Delivery Guy

Introduction

The rules of poetry are secondary to the rules of love, of which there are none. While poetry critics may bleat and squawk about meter or syllable count, the essence of poetry, at its core, is passion. It always will be.

These poems were penned by a very real young man in love – tortured by the very real confusions and pains of young love. They were never intended to see the light of day, but were composed as a sort of private diary. In them, you will find broken meter, absent rhymes, and utter disregard for the formal structure and rules of what is commonly called poetry. Drawing from the classic poets, such as Sylvia Plath, as much as from the inner musings and torments that possess a man to be both sappy and morbid, these poems range wildly from overly sentimental love sonnets to dark and macabre ventures into the deep recesses of a broken heart.

Because they were not written for public consumption, these poems you are about to read contain extremely personal and explicit feelings and outbursts. You will find references to personal experiences and situations that may not be easily relatable, as they pertain entirely to the life of this young lover. Indeed, some of these poems are downright cryptic,