Poems and shorts depicting time and turbulence, stretched across jagged eras.
20 months of adventures and heartbreak, this book is a collective of the heart and hands of this quick individual.
This book is a collection of poems and shorts from the hands and heart of a quick, young man. Danny Manning lives fast, and breathes even faster, and documents each adventure with his big bag of words, and if you read this book, you will meet him every time you turn the page.
Excerpt
I'm a writer trying to make everyone understand,
But really I'm just a man who's doing the best he can.
I like to think I'm a writer, who writes to feel better,
Who transfers his emotion from pen to paper with each letter.
But I can't help but wonder if I condemn myself and pencil;
If I create new misery just for poetic potential.
But life is poetic, and need be observed,
And I face all my problems with my big bag of words.
Nostalgia is reckless and hits very hard.
It sings songs from my bedroom and stands yelling in my yard;
And I document each instance with the dearest of care -
Getting sad and feeling satisfied, like a fresh breath of bad air.
Knowing that I'm happy, feeling sad and making art;
Taking solace in the outcome of a hurting human heart.
It's not to say that I've spent my entire life
Bumming along with head in hands, looking for strife.
I indulge in the analysis, even if I'm not laughing.
I indulge, and I create, and it makes me very happy.
I also know how to walk on the side that shines brighter.
