Mission Accomplished: Forever Wanting

Dear blog,
I've discovered the fountain of happiness.

Wabi-sabi.

Nietzsche.

East meets west, in a more all-encompassing yin-yang than ever before.
Ian Hogan

Goth Poetry

How to write good goth poetry:

Good goth poetry is simply good poetry that happens to incorporate the darker aspects of life. As such, it should follow some kind of form, with rhyme, meter and/or syllable structure.

A verse poem mentioning the soul:

SONNET 109

O, never say that I was false of heart,

Though absence seem'd my flame to qualify.

As easy might I from myself depart

As from my soul, which in thy breast doth lie:

That is my home of love: if I have ranged,

Like him that travels I return again,

Just to the time, not with the time exchanged,

So that myself bring water for my stain.

Never believe, though in my nature reign'd

All frailties that besiege all kinds of blood,

That it could so preposterously be stain'd,

To leave for nothing all thy sum of good;

For nothing this wide universe I call,

Save thou, my rose; in it thou art my all.

-Will Shakespeare

A goth verse poem on the soul:

My Soul is Dark

My soul is dark - Oh! quickly string
The harp I yet can brook to hear;
And let thy gentle fingers fling
Its melting murmurs o'er mine ear.
If in this heart a hope be dear,
That sound shall charm it forth again:
If in these eyes there lurk a tear,
'Twill flow, and cease to burn my brain.

But bid the strain be wild and deep,
Nor let thy notes of joy be first:
I tell thee, minstrel, I must weep,
Or else this heavy heart will burst;
For it hath been by sorrow nursed,
And ached in sleepless silence, long;
And now 'tis doomed to know the worst,
And break at once - or yield to song.

-Lord Byron

In writing your own goth poetry, try simply to write the very best poetry you can –revise, edit, seek criticism, study form and so on- and do not attempt to gloss over any negativity you might find. Instead, nurse that negativity into something heart-breakingly beautiful.

How to write bad goth poetry:

There are actually a lot of ways to make bad goth poetry without actually writing it yourself. Here is a bad goth poetry generator http://www.gis.net/~jspower/random.html based on random grammatical generation and a key selection of words for perfect effect. A sample:

Sanguine Kiss

My tears are as black as my heart
searing
weeping
You could not understand
singing in the dark church
i wish i could dance forever in the night
utterly unloved, my only companion is the darkness
Hopes forgotten, dreams untouched, the final end
helpless
i have nothing to give anymore
life is my blood
endless LONELY

-Master Shadowbane

The alternative to this is to simply rip off actual bad goth poets, who will probably be too apathetic to do anything about it. The difference in quality between the randomly generated work, and the stolen work, will be completely unnoticeable.

This is in my head.

My heart is broken.

Tattern and torn.

I puy my heart and my trust in you.

You break my trust, you broke my heart.

My heart cries from this pain.

My eyes tear blood.

I'm now dead inside.

No more...I beg of you no more.

I try and try and all I get is pain.

My eyes are cold.

My spirt not broken.

You failed.

No matter how u may break me down and make me cry..you don't have my will.

You don't have all of me.

You broke me down and tore me apart.

Chewed me up and spit me out.

Still my spirt is here.

So fine another pawn.

Play a different game.

Beause I still won.

Who's laughing now?

So you broke my trust and my heart.

That's a small price to pay for still holding your own.

You think you have me beat by having my freinds against me, that's were your wrong.

They may now be yours, but I lived in darkness.

-(Actual bad goth poet whose identity I’m leaving off for her own protection.)

In fact, ripping off actual goth crap will give you that satisfying count of misspellings that a randomized generator just can’t seem to get the knack of.

If, however, you are determined to write your own bad goth poetry, there is a simple enough method. Read bad goth poetry for six or seven hours, during which time you should drink heavily, then start typing. Make sure to hit enter every one to seven words. Enjoy!

Ian Hogan

Pastel Array, Perhaps a splash of Blood Red

Dear blog,
I have come to realize that I could probably get a show on the home and garden network, riding on the shock value of this show concept: I go into your house, and change all the color schemes by artfully sneezing on things. I already have a vast repertoire of colors and textures at my disposal, and it seems a waste to simply toss them down the garbage shoot as I have been.

More cough syrup...away!
Ian Hogan

Day 1396

Dear blog,
At least, that's how long it feels since I contracted this illness, which, in it's infinite uppity-ness, did not go to hell! Unless I inadvertently followed it there, which I would not be the least surprised to find true. In the mean time, my nose is still the main evacuation point for fluids, (a decision my generals will bear great floggings for making.)
Ian Hogan

In Sickness and in Health

Dear blog,
In health, life is change. In sickness life is a miserable waste of time. To hell with this abominable virus!
Ian Hogan