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Where to start?..........Born Paul Anthony Scott on 18 June 1968 and one of the last babes to be born at Bank Hall, Burnley, Lancashire, England.
What to say without sounding pretentious?
The usual childhood ambitions - Policeman, Footballer, Accountant (like Dad). PopStar - now there's a thing. In my teenage bedroom I mimed voice and instrument. I wrote song lyrics that would, in later life evolve into my poetry.
I started writing when I was about 15. I stopped when I was about 20ish. I continued the fasting through the birth of my Sons in 1992 and 1999. In 2000, a friend suggested I start up again, and, I did with more meaning, more feeling, more vigour.
In May 2007, following the protracted breakdown of my marriage, I met a very special person who continues to have a massive impact on my life. I truely believe I have found the person I have been looking for all my life. For the first time, I feel contentment beyond belief, I feel loved beyond compare, I am finding me. On 31 October 2008, a baby daughter was borne of this love.
In May 2009, I was joined in matrimony to the love of my life (and became a Scott-Bates!).
My first passion, music, has inspired my writing more than anything. My many lyrical and songwriting heroes have contributed to my current love of words - Martin L. Gore, Matt Johnson, Marc Almond, Rob Dougan, Maxi Jazz, George Michael, Louise Hart, Ian McNabb, Neil Hannon.........an endless list.
I write about normal things (I think!). I like to write in an easily understandable and readable way.
If my poetry stirs any sort of emotion or feeling in the reader, then I have succeeded in my aim.
The Greenfield Cygnus
"The greatest challenge we face in life is to carry positively the burden of our own humanity because we are indeed mysterious and complicated. What is to be avoided is judging, criticising and blaming. The key is to accept our own 'finiteness' in this life and to seek the wisdom and insight to best understand and cope with the darkness in our lives. None of this darkness 'will go to waste' in the long run, whether in this life or certainly the next. Stick with the 'stuckness' of your life, confident that with ongoing awareness and maturity that the layers will keep falling away leaving as yet, undiscovered areas and aspects of the person that is you. Living and somehow enjoying each sacred moment we are given in our finite lives is paramount. Ultimately, what will all the anxiety in the world actually gain us - nothing - though far far easier said than sometimes done. After all, you could fall off a cliff and die tomorrow." With thanks to Terentius Biggus.
I want somebody to share
Share the rest of my life
Share my innermost thoughts
Know my intimate details
Someone who'll stand by my side
And give me support
And in return
She'll get my support
She will listen to me
When I want to speak
About the world we live in
And life in general
Though my views may be wrong
They may even be perverted
She'll hear me out
And won't easily be converted
To my way of thinking
In fact she'll often disagree
But at the end of it all
She will understand me
Martin L. Gore
I am what I am
I'll do what I want
But I can't hide
I won't go
I won't sleep
I can't breathe
Until you're resting here with me
I won't leave
I can't hide
I cannot be
Until you're resting here with me
