Ask the Author: John Holmes
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John Holmes
I'd go to Oz; I just love that world. So distant from the cares of this world. Yeah, me and my dog in that world would suit me fine.
John Holmes
Here's a horror story in one sentence; my life!
John Holmes
I read almost exclusively Shakespeare, Marlowe and the Younger Romantics. Hence my play Wordsworth and Coleridge. I added seventy sonnets and several narrative poems to bring most of my work together in one book. My sonnets are mostly a sequence of love sonnets.
John Holmes
Inspired to write? Never do I get inspired - I just write.
John Holmes
Know thyself. This would be my advice for aspiring writers.
John Holmes
I cannot answer such a question for I am a playwright and poet, not a writer. As Christopher Marlowe said "What nourishes me destroys me". It very nearly did. That said, it is a pleasure to know that some enjoy my work. That is sufficient.
John Holmes
Never have I had so-called "writer's block". I believe poetry is of the imagination and refinement of thought. Therefore, to have "writer's block" one would have to have both their imagination and cognitive abilities "blocked" - hilarious! "Writer's block" is but a poor excuse, in my opinion; further: poetry is not an academic exercise. It is simply of imagination and feeling.
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