My passion for poetry began in my early twenties. My early poems were only a way to find my way. Began exploring new voices, many from the Americas, Europe and Asia. Read Eastern and Western philosophies. Wrote my next collection in my late twenties. Primarily interested in exploring. Finally decided to publish ‘Convergences and Divergences’. A few earlier poems came in anthologies, chapbooks, etc. Working on a new collection,’ Poems without a Country.’ Also working on a novel.
Also, a first time slang lexicographer and independent researcher. Started in 2003. Have researched hundreds of books,sites, papers, magazines, film scripts, lyrics, etc, also many slang and conventional dictionaries such as OED, Partridge's dictionaries, and Jonathon Green's latest multi-volume dictionary of slang, etc. Over 5 centuries of slang from the Anglophone world and Hinglish. Hoping to make it one of the biggest dictionaries yet (No such thing as a complete slang dictionary).Also, online so it’ll be more accessible and affordable, fully researched and backed by authentic, early and current cites. Presented a paper at Oxford in June 2010: 'Slang and the Problem of Defining Slang’.
Adonais@live.ca
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