One's poetry is something that is
often very personal. It holds more meaning for the writer than it ever
could for anyone else. One never knows how it could be interpreted by
another. That being said, I recently lost a great deal of my poetry
written over a number of years, something that you feel you can't
replace, rewrite. I am not one to sit and memorise anyone's poetry, let
alone my own. Since then, I have felt that it is of no use kept secret
only for me to enjoy my own words but rather share it with anyone who
cares, or cares not to read it.
Much of this poetry is new, some I have managed to find written on
scraps of paper or in a notebook sometime. Between 2000 and 2003, I
barely wrote more than 3 times. I have begun writing again now, partly
to overcome my loss of years of my work and partly because of the lack
of writing in these past 3 years.
I am not one for grammatical correctness because what is trying to be
expressed cannot always be pressed into the confines of grammatical
correctness. Words and language in their own right, although a
fantastic medium for expression and communication , also cannot do
proper justice to the experience of feeling.
Matthew Campbell 15-07-2003
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