Starlight from the Deep Blue became a poetry collection because I wanted these stories to be told in a shorter form, but with more care in the language. I wanted them to feel closer to lyrics, like verses set to a melody. I wanted each piece to have its own rhythm and tone, like a song with its own sound.
I was always imaginative and creative, even as a kid. Someone could hand me a single pencil, and I would immediately imagine its life. Where it came from, what the marks and scratches on it meant, what it had been through, and what it might feel like as it reached the end of its use. That way of seeing things has always been natural to me.
As I got older, those ideas didn’t slow down. If anything, they multiplied. Sometimes (like when the idea of this poetry collection first came to me), it felt like too many thoughts were circling at once, overlapping and competing for space. So writing became a way to sort through them. I began untangling those thoughts and choosing the ones that felt strongest. From that process, I pulled out seven stories. I wrote them first as short narratives, then reshaped them into poems, thinking of each one as music than prose. Then the stories became lyrical, each with its own movement.
Each poem explores a different genre and a different message. When I gathered them into a single collection, I felt a sense of completion. What once felt scattered and overwhelming in my head finally had structure on the page.
This collection feels a bit like a story buffet. Each piece offers something different, and each one has a message meant to reach readers in its own way. I hope those who read Starlight from the Deep Blue find something that speaks to them, just as writing it gave me a way to give shape to the ideas that had been waiting for a place to land.