It has taken me such a long time to decide on an appropriate subject for my first post here, it’s a case of chronic indecision. The thing is that I had so many ideas at once everything became white noise, and there I got my answer, white noise. I finally decided to write about something that way too many of us struggle with, those sudden bursts of massive amounts of inspiration that sometimes can leave us completely stranded in the...

By Christopher Reilley Poetry is, of course, very subjective. What tickles my fancy may leave you cold, and vice versa. That is the power of poetry, as well as one of its harshest limitations. Yet, as poets, we strive to communicate ideas in novel ways, using beautiful, embroidered language, or striking through the clutter to pierce your heart with a genuine insight you may not have noticed yourself. Thank god for poets, otherwise...