So this is the weird and wonderful world of blogging, not a universe I am used to but certainly one I feel I can embrace. I guess the purpose of this blog is simple. I wanted a place to talk about poetry, a place to share ideas and to find like minded people who still have a passion for verse in all its forms. I've written poetry for nearly fifteen years now but have only recently plucked up the courage to send it out into the world, and while I have had some small successes I already know the pain of rejection a little too well. Thats why I decided to start this blog, so I could share the ups and downs of success and failure, the hard, often dark places the mind can drift too when searching for that illusive inspiration, that feels so damn good when you find it, yet seems such a twisted sadistic bastard when it alludes you., I wanted to tell the stories behind the poems, the reasons why they came into being and just how damn hard it is to satisfy that inner critic. So lets see where this takes us. Hope you can come along for the ride. (Catch a' ride a' summertime to anywhere) David Murray