Ellis's Profile
| Penname: | Ellis |
| Country: | United States |
| Web address: | www.michaelellispoet.blogspot.com |
| Member type: | Author |
| Member Since: | May 3, 2010 |
| Bio: | In High School I set out to be a Journalist. At the time I couldn't even define 'poetry'. A Newspaper, which once had the largest daily circulation in the US, published a poem I had written. I had no knowledge that a teacher submitted it. A US Senator knew it was published before I did. A week later I got a letter from the President of the Los Angeles School Board, followed by another letter from another Senator. In fact I was the last of over 300,000 people people to know I was published. Not a bad year for a seventeen year old. I was soon after given a writing scholarship to an elite University, but I was upset that I wasn't accepted for overall academia or grades. It would take ten years and nearly a million people to convince me that I was a poet. Those things are for others to decide. A writer should concentrate on writing. Even today I struggle to define the word 'Poet'. It sometimes excludes my love for drama, Journalism, and music. I think poetry has all of these elements. It is everything Theater is. It is happy, sad, beautiful and dramatic. Poetry is too broad to define. I am more honored to be called a 'Human Being'. When I started to write seriously, I had a simple plan: Take twenty years to learn to write well. Take the next twenty years to worry about fame , publication or success. How time flies. I also made a list of who I thought were the ten best poets or lyricist of our time. And for years I just dreamed of being in my own top ten. Even number eleven would have been nice. Today in my supposed maturity, I just dream of touching a reader profoundly. If a reader can remember something I've written ten years later, I can be pleased. My other goal is to become a greater reader. I'd like to read a thousand poems a year. |
User Writings
| Title/Name | Date | Ranking | Reviews | Type | |
| Apr 17, 2011 | New | New | |||
| Sep 5, 2010 | New | New | |||
| May 15, 2010 | 304 | 29 | Novel | ||
Correne Johnson, 18, is all the things most... | |||||
| Feb 18, 2011 | 320 | 19 | Novel | ||
There was a time when writing caught up with... | |||||
| May 4, 2010 | 262 | 44 | Novel | ||
Children are ABDUCTED in the Perfect Town of... | |||||
| Jul 19, 2010 | 116 | 17 | Poetry | ||
I close with this final poem, torn from the... | |||||
| May 27, 2010 | 139 | 19 | Poetry | ||
There are (five million) (too many) women who... | |||||
| Nov 27, 2010 | 210 | 13 | Poetry | ||
Each time I write a poem about domestic issues,... | |||||
| Jun 4, 2010 | 881 | 9 | Poetry | ||
Curiosity leads us to to the strangest of... | |||||
| Jun 6, 2010 | 290 | 15 | Poetry | ||
Harlem Jazz and Blues legends return for a... | |||||
| Jun 11, 2010 | 356 | 12 | Poetry | ||
As I write this poem I am reminded of what... | |||||
| Jun 19, 2010 | 251 | 13 | Poetry | ||
This is an excerpt from a longer poem titled... | |||||
| Jul 4, 2010 | 69 | 18 | Poetry | ||
My mother told me to go to college and never... | |||||
| Jul 13, 2010 | 107 | 17 | Poetry | ||
After one or two more posting I will be leaving... | |||||
| Jul 25, 2010 | 156 | 17 | Poetry | ||
This poem came to me today. It is the first... | |||||
| Sep 6, 2010 | 311 | 13 | Poetry | ||
I really miss writing short poems. I am trying... | |||||
| Oct 27, 2010 | 135 | 15 | Poetry | ||
After study a brief Bio on Janice Joplin, the... | |||||
| Dec 29, 2010 | 83 | 17 | Poetry | ||
I am not my favorite subject when it comes to... | |||||
| Jan 3, 2011 | 620 | 9 | Poetry | ||
As I sort through a lifetime of poems, gather... | |||||
| Dec 16, 2011 | 211 | 12 | Poetry | ||
Rarely, every now and then I hit a poem in left... | |||||
| Feb 3, 2011 | 56 | 19 | Poetry | ||
To every woman. In every city. In every... | |||||
| Apr 9, 2012 | 323 | 13 | Poetry | ||
I would like to share a poem with you called a... | |||||
| Jul 10, 2011 | 221 | 12 | Poetry | ||
I just put this together as a parting poem. It... | |||||
| Dec 14, 2011 | 200 | 13 | Poetry | ||
I dedicate the following Poem to Ruth Marie.... | |||||
| Dec 29, 2011 | 379 | 12 | Poetry | ||
Thank you all for the helpful tips. I have... | |||||
| Jan 2, 2012 | 474 | 10 | Poetry | ||
Taking a break from the serious dramatic poems.... | |||||
| Jan 6, 2012 | 1207 | 7 | Poetry | ||
In 1959, Miles Davis had released one of the... | |||||
| Jan 8, 2012 | 1047 | 7 | Poetry | ||
Twenty years ago, I was making just above... | |||||
| Mar 25, 2012 | 1985 | 6 | Poetry | ||
This is the first poem I have written since... | |||||
| Jun 3, 2010 | 1473 | 6 | Short Story | ||
A Sin in the family. Can a family overcome it?... | |||||
| May 19, 2010 | 1998 | 4 | Short Story | ||
This will be my last new posting for at least a... | |||||
| May 19, 2010 | 2215 | 4 | Short Story | ||
All comments are invited and appreciated. I... | |||||
| Aug 13, 2010 | 1439 | 6 | Short Story | ||
Here I try to make some kind of rationale of a... | |||||
