Brad Nelson is a former backyard samurai and blue jeans Zen master who spends most of his time now on the back porch with his pipe and a cup of coffee. He retired his sword and took up the pen after serving five years as an interrogator in the US Army. Brad is also a creative writing MFA candidate at National University and Chief Editor of Eclectic Flash, a new online literary journal dedicated to publishing flash fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and anything else you can think of in fewer than 1000 words. Brad’s literary endeavors are forthcoming through a number of online and print publications–just as soon as he can decide where to send each piece. In this poem Brad takes us on a witty journey through the twists and turns, ups and downs of devotion to this craft we call writing. Follow and identify.
An Unfortunate Misspelling
By Brad Nelson
| I once misspelled my name B-A-R-D And imagined myself connected to He of the same, To whom we refer as The Immortal. So I wrote a verse or two. I wrote of life and death; Now, I wonder who wrote those lines, I still manage a few shaky-handed lines of scrawl. You may find the greatest of my work published |
Thanks, Brad. That was fun. Look forward to checking out your new website and submitting some work!
Soooo writer-like in self-criticism. Humor is missing in much of poetry. Delightful.