Dear Poem Readers,

Hello and welcome to the ‘poetry’ portion of the site.

Though, I wouldn´t really call what I write poetry. Instead, they are more and less sketches of lyrics for music that is constantly playing in my mind. I was raised playing piano and even during my high school years I was in a small wannabe rock band. I can hear an instrumental piece on the radio and begin to scribble down thoughts that flow with the music and often they become what you will read or I will hear a melody in my head and the same process occurs. Sometimes a line or thought will pop up out of nowhere and I will sketch something around that.

Admittedly a lot of these are garbage. I never took the time to really flesh them out but they are from a real and emotional place inside of me so hopefully in some kind of way it redeems them.

Regardless, I hope you enjoy them.

Randy Ethan Halprin