And I think that's a sign of a good poem where it's just it can just come to you fully formed and you know the sound of it. And every word just seems to be in the right place. But it's called Hamsters, and it's because I wanted to write about grief. I think it was actually part of some sort of writing exercise. I wanted to write about grief, but Hamsters was also one of the things as well
Tasha Frank
@NLOFrank · 0:57
Hi, Charlie, that is such a cute poem. And I'd love how you explored grief through Hamster. I just think the whole thing with such sweet poem. And now I have this sad image of this really sad Hampshire morning, their mate. Thank you so much for sharing this. I personally find sharing my writing anyway, quite difficult. I don't know about you, but for some reason, poetry for me, when I share poetry, it's like bearing my soul
Charlie Olivieri
@Charlieri · 3:06
I think I've even written letters to people would share my thoughts even if they're sat right in front of me reading it just to better understand where I'm coming from. Really. So I guess poetry is the way I want to communicate with the world, and writing in general is the way I want to communicate with the world. So when I get to share that, it's just kind of exciting, though
Swell Team
@Swell · 0:15
Tasha Frank
@NLOFrank · 1:29
So it just feels like a little bit more of me has gone into it, even if it's not like a very personal topic. But recognizing when I said that to you, that actually I kind of assumed because I know that it's like sharing in my work is like a really kind of difficult thing for me to do. So just kind of expect it to be for everyone. But obviously everyone has their own experiences. Thank you for that. And look forward to hearing more of your poems
Jessica McMillan
@JLMcMillan · 1:03
Thank you so much for sharing your poem. I'm so excited to see someone sharing poetry on Swell. I'm considering maybe a separate channel, even I'm a poet too, and I give you props for sticking by your poem. Don't think it's big headed to think it's underrated
Charlie Olivieri
@Charlieri · 0:41
Hi, Jessica. Thank you. That's really nice to hear that you appreciated my poem, and I would love to hear your stuff, especially considering that you are so into into music. I'd like to kind of hear how that affects your poetry as well, how it influences it because it undoubtedly will. So yeah. Encourage you to share your poetry as well. And maybe we can get a little poetry scene like booming on Swell. That would be fantastic
Jessica McMillan
@JLMcMillan · 0:57
Sorry for such a delay in replying. Sometimes it's hard to get away from the Din of it all, but I just wanted to say that sounds like great fun. I've already posted two, but because I'm exclusively talking about music on my channel, it's only only when I come around to music where I'm specifically talking about it. Although a lot of my poetry is ecstatic, so I definitely draw reference and inspiration from what I'm listening to and so much of it