a minute is longer
than an hour
when waiting becomes
mysteriously entangled
with the very fabric
of existence
as you swing through life
always so quietly
I am never sure
when to expect you back
Raven Kingsley
Raven
I am a former music journalist, recent creative writing graduate, originally from Vilnius, Lithuania, but currently living in London, UK. At the moment I am mostly focused on sci-fi and found poetry, but in general my tastes in literature (and music, and all forms of art) are very eclectic.
Raven just landed
I’ve certainly taken my time to start writing this introduction – eleven and a half hours before the marathon starts, when I’m about to go to sleep. And that says two things about me: one, I often leave things for the last minute, and two, I’m a nocturnal creature that does her best work at night.
Raven is not my given name, but it’s the one I chose to use as a writer. My path towards becoming one was not straight, but hey, it got me to the destination! To quote Douglas Adams, “I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.”
I wrote a lot when I was little, and then even more when I was a teenager, but eventually my desire to right the world’s wrongs led me into journalism. I became a music journalist, trying to break the mainstream patterns of it, trying to inform people that there’s more than they hear on the radio. I failed miserably, had a severe identity crisis and quit my journalism studies in the final year. I got accepted into a creative writing programme in a university in UK, and while I was tidying up my room before leaving, I found my old notebooks and realized that I stopped writing while I was trying to be a journalist. Never again.
Just about a month ago I finished my studies. Though poetry is not my number one thing, I do enjoy it a lot. I have a few ideas for poems that I haven’t yet gotten around to, and I hope this will be a chance to force myself to do that. Also, I must say a part of me will miss the pre-deadline all-nighters, so this marathon will be just what I need.
I’m glad it starts only at 2pm in UK, my brain is not on before 12-1pm, and I do my best after 11pm. If I didn’t get to sleep till 12, this would be much harder! And, speaking of sleep, I should go… I hope inspiration is watching over us all tomorrow. Good night, and good luck.