First of all let me give you a little bit of my background in writing. I don’t think there was ever a time when I didn’t love to write. I had a love affair with pen and paper and I think part of that was from me always wanting to write. When it came to writing I never saw it as a chore because I felt like I would only write when I had something to say. Most of the time I was writing notes to people. It was never surprise for me to write a 3 page note to someone. It was my freshman year of high school when I started writing poetry. I took inspiration from relationships and things around me. My thing was I was never good at poetry because to me all my poems sounded all the same. As I got older my poetry changed and I enjoyed writing about sensual experiences. But that never lasted.
In June of 2008 my writing changed to what it is now. I found Gavin DeGraw again when his song “In love with a girl” came out. The song put a feeling in my heart that I couldn’t explain. I had a fire in my heart when I would hear the song or see Gavin’s face. In my eyes I was in love. Upon seeing the video I started writing like crazy and couldn’t stop. I began writing like I had never written before. My writing style changed and I had so many ideas that I couldn’t write quick enough to keep up with them. I would spend hours online searching for things about Gavin to give me ideas of what to write about. Gavin was my muse and inspiration for a couple months. Then while searching I found his older brother Joey and the fire was out. I felt something else. Joey became what I would write about. His music touched my heart and I wrote like I had more to say. The words poured out of me. When I wrote the poem “Walk Home” we had been out with my best friend and her daughter. We had been shopping and out to dinner with her. I was in a crazy mood that day and I felt like I was on a cloud and when I got home from being out with her I wanted to write. I laid down on the bed with my pen and paper and that poem came out of nowhere. I couldn’t explain to you how or why but it just came out.
From that day in June to now my heart has felt like prayers had been answered. I felt like I can see my gift of writing now. When I look at my book I see that these poems were written to go in that book. When I wrote all these poems I felt like there was something special in my heart. I still can’t explain what came over me when I wrote them but it was the best feeling that I have ever had. I want these poems to be in your heart the way that they came in my heart.
I want people to buy this book because I want them to want to feel their heart on fire. You want to feel that feeling that I had and know that this love is something special. This book is more than poems but a walk in my shoes during a period of my life. My book can be purchase from the following sites. Amazon.com, barnesandnoble.com, and publishamerica.com
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Not Just Another Love
My book of love poetry is out and can be purchased at the following site
If you have questions about this book or would like to know more about me you can check me out at myspace.com/jstroudpainter. I have poems posted on two sites. These poems are meant to find a way into your heart the way they found their way into my heart.
Friday, December 5, 2008
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