Peace Pirate Poetry Feature #8

For this feature, I’m extremely grateful to share a piece by Josh Morgan. If you take a moment to check out Josh’s page, you’ll find that he uses stunning images to accompany his compelling words. Not only do these images add more depth, but he doesn’t shy away from straying from poetry. His talent in writing goes beyond that. He shares short fiction and prose along with his poetry to form a well-rounded space for literary creativity. If you’re not immediately drawn to his words, his images will invite you to spend more time with his post. In other words, you’ll feel called to read what he has written.

When I reached out to Josh I was thrilled to find out that he studied Creative Writing in college, just like me. I’m so grateful that he took the time to answer my quick questions with so much thought. It was a pleasure for me to come across someone who shares so much of my creative and spiritual interests.

I think many of you will appreciate how he got into writing more poetry as well as his process! Check out Josh’s featured piece and learn more about him below.

***Beautiful photo by Nito Bantouyakus @500px .***

What got you interested in writing poetry?

I was a creative writing major in college. I didn’t write a lot of poetry back then. I mostly wrote short stories. When I opened my Instagram account In July 2016, I connected with the founders of @artlixirpoetry who had been supporting my work and featuring some of my pieces. So I really started experimenting with writing free-form poetry on Instagram and have continued to write story poems and free-form poetry.

Are you currently working on anything you’d like to tell us about?

I am not currently working on publishing my work, but that is a long-range goal to eventually publish a book of short stories and poetry.

How did you come up with this beautiful piece?

I find inspiration for my work from music I listen to, but usually, it’s from just lying or sitting in a quiet place and letting the story/pictures enter my mind. Many times I seem to have been telling stories or writing poetry about themes of kindness, how we all deal with being human, and stories of either people who believe they are flawed or have been the underdog for a while and are trying to overcome those obstacles usually with the help of someone else. Since I believe we can all help each other. This story is pure fiction. I like to have an uplifting ending that resonates with a lot of people because I enjoy happy endings. If my stories coax more people to be kind, less judgmental and help someone else see we are all perfectly imperfect humans all the better.