The 20s is a strange age to be in the early 21st century. While it's very liberating to be young and have this feeling of independence, there is this conflict that we have to age fast and many of us are still fighting for that independence - many of us don't have enough money to stand on our own two feet like the generation before us. It's a transition age that's between the "best years of your life" (high school) and the entry into adulthood. So this addresses what it's like for me to grow up in this time period and go through these experiences.
Kevin Kenealy is a graduate of Eastern Illinois University with a degree in Journalism. He has worked at four newspapers: The Southwest News Herald, The Village View, The Journal Gazette-Times Courier and The Doings out of La Grange where he currently covers board meetings in Westchester, Ill. He is in the process of going back to school for secondary English education at Trinity Christian College in Palos, Ill.
from "Poetry is"
there is poetry everywhere
standing in line at the DMV
on a creek, playing chess
Is today the day I'm going to die?
life in itself is poetic
the ability to write this to you
I don't believe in following standards
I think rhyme schemes are cool
but I'd rather have something I can feel
than something that is technical