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Featured Poet - March/April 2018
8 years ago
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PoeticFurs is pleased to announce that 
nitetigrezz has been chosen as our featured poet for March/April 2018.
NiteTigrezz is a very accomplished poet and writer, who shows a unique gift for hypnotic rhythms and forms that swirl, writhe, and draw the reader in.
So, without further ado, we'd like to share several of our favourites from NiteTigrezz, as well as several interview-styled questions our featured poet been kind enough to answer.
Our Favourites from NiteTigrezz:
BRIDGES AND TANTRUMS:
IT HAD TO BE:
PIDDLE DEH DEE:
Q&A with NiteTigrezz:
1. When did you begin writing poems and verse?
NiteTigrezz says: I think the first poem I committed to paper was when I was 8 years old. I always had a love for rhymes and wrote about my favorite subject at the time- cats.
2. What inspires and/or motivates your poetry the most?
NiteTigrezz says: It's difficult to pick out a singular thing. A ghost from the past gets tangled within the rhythm of my feet while I'm on patrol. A warm memory spreads itself within a melody that's stuck in my head. A random thought takes shape around the frame of a completely different thought to form something new. I think it's just a matter of recognizing those sparks of inspiration and having the willingness and curiosity to feed them so they can grow.
3. Does your work take influences from any poets in particular?
NiteTigrezz says: Most definitely my dad. He introduced rhyming games to me before I could even read that we play even to this day. I can still see glimmers of his influence in my work.
4. And, similarly, who might be your favorite poet of all time?
NiteTigrezz says: That's a difficult question. I think it would be a toss-up between Shel Silverstein and Robert Frost, with honorable mention to TS Eliot.
5. What about your favorite poem of all time? Explain?
NiteTigrezz says: Another difficult question. I hope it's okay to include more than one. For subject and whimsy, Shel Silverstein's "Invitation", for I was and always will be that dreamer, that magic-bean-buyer, and it was always good to know I wasn't alone in that.
For subject and structure, Robert Frost's "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening". I can't begin to count the number of times I have had to use the last few lines to tear myself away from one of nature's beauties, and I think it's wonderful that everyone seems to have their own interpretation of it. The structure is unique and one I hope to use for a poem someday.
Honorable mention for Linda Goodman's Gooberz. It's technically a large collection of poetry and prose, yet they all tell one cohesive story, and was my spiritual bible back in my teenage and young adult years.
6. Aside from poets, do any others arts or artists inspire you?
NiteTigrezz says: Music is a definite inspiration. Though I typically write to Techno, for poetry I have a particular fondness for Tchaikovsky. Monet's paintings are like poetry in visual form.
7. Similarly, do you practice any other arts besides poetry?
NiteTigrezz says: I'm a writer as well, with stories in Furtual Horizons, Will of the Alpha Vol 3, Roar Vol 6, and Fragments of Life's Heart. I'm hoping to either expand or rewrite some of those stories in the semi-near future.
8. And what hobbies and interests, if any, do you have outside the arts?
NiteTigrezz says: I'm a voracious reader, especially when I'm alone. I enjoy watching movies and playing tabletop RPGs and Eurogames. For the more physical, I like to explore caves or shooting at the range. Recently I've been working on a couple of game designs (I have one that's being tested, actually) and learning JavaScript.
9. Would you like to provide one interesting fact about yourself readers should know?
NiteTigrezz says: I'm the Editor-in-chief for Civilized Beasts, a non profit poetry collection about animals, for animals. Volume 3 is due out in July, and the previous two volumes are now on sale, so be sure to check them out!
Thanks to NiteTigrezz for agreeing to be our featured poet for March/April 2018!
Corvus32346 - Founder
nitetigrezz has been chosen as our featured poet for March/April 2018. NiteTigrezz is a very accomplished poet and writer, who shows a unique gift for hypnotic rhythms and forms that swirl, writhe, and draw the reader in.
So, without further ado, we'd like to share several of our favourites from NiteTigrezz, as well as several interview-styled questions our featured poet been kind enough to answer.
Our Favourites from NiteTigrezz:
BRIDGES AND TANTRUMS:
IT HAD TO BE:
PIDDLE DEH DEE:
Q&A with NiteTigrezz:
1. When did you begin writing poems and verse?
NiteTigrezz says: I think the first poem I committed to paper was when I was 8 years old. I always had a love for rhymes and wrote about my favorite subject at the time- cats.
2. What inspires and/or motivates your poetry the most?
NiteTigrezz says: It's difficult to pick out a singular thing. A ghost from the past gets tangled within the rhythm of my feet while I'm on patrol. A warm memory spreads itself within a melody that's stuck in my head. A random thought takes shape around the frame of a completely different thought to form something new. I think it's just a matter of recognizing those sparks of inspiration and having the willingness and curiosity to feed them so they can grow.
3. Does your work take influences from any poets in particular?
NiteTigrezz says: Most definitely my dad. He introduced rhyming games to me before I could even read that we play even to this day. I can still see glimmers of his influence in my work.
4. And, similarly, who might be your favorite poet of all time?
NiteTigrezz says: That's a difficult question. I think it would be a toss-up between Shel Silverstein and Robert Frost, with honorable mention to TS Eliot.
5. What about your favorite poem of all time? Explain?
NiteTigrezz says: Another difficult question. I hope it's okay to include more than one. For subject and whimsy, Shel Silverstein's "Invitation", for I was and always will be that dreamer, that magic-bean-buyer, and it was always good to know I wasn't alone in that.
For subject and structure, Robert Frost's "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening". I can't begin to count the number of times I have had to use the last few lines to tear myself away from one of nature's beauties, and I think it's wonderful that everyone seems to have their own interpretation of it. The structure is unique and one I hope to use for a poem someday.
Honorable mention for Linda Goodman's Gooberz. It's technically a large collection of poetry and prose, yet they all tell one cohesive story, and was my spiritual bible back in my teenage and young adult years.
6. Aside from poets, do any others arts or artists inspire you?
NiteTigrezz says: Music is a definite inspiration. Though I typically write to Techno, for poetry I have a particular fondness for Tchaikovsky. Monet's paintings are like poetry in visual form.
7. Similarly, do you practice any other arts besides poetry?
NiteTigrezz says: I'm a writer as well, with stories in Furtual Horizons, Will of the Alpha Vol 3, Roar Vol 6, and Fragments of Life's Heart. I'm hoping to either expand or rewrite some of those stories in the semi-near future.
8. And what hobbies and interests, if any, do you have outside the arts?
NiteTigrezz says: I'm a voracious reader, especially when I'm alone. I enjoy watching movies and playing tabletop RPGs and Eurogames. For the more physical, I like to explore caves or shooting at the range. Recently I've been working on a couple of game designs (I have one that's being tested, actually) and learning JavaScript.
9. Would you like to provide one interesting fact about yourself readers should know?
NiteTigrezz says: I'm the Editor-in-chief for Civilized Beasts, a non profit poetry collection about animals, for animals. Volume 3 is due out in July, and the previous two volumes are now on sale, so be sure to check them out!
Thanks to NiteTigrezz for agreeing to be our featured poet for March/April 2018!
Corvus32346 - Founder