Spoken Word Poetry by Bakos

I started a GoFundMe awhile ago, to publish a collection of poetry. It would be a possible trilogy, with different volumes corresponding to different stages of my life and writing career. So far I have raised a little bit of money! Special thanks to my cousin Robert who did donate to my cause!

Just Me By Dominic Jones This is just me A piano A small piano with 8 drum pads An audio interface And a microphone To make spoken word recordings So here I am My heart and soul bared Sell my soul to a publisher To have my dreams come true And my soul to Spotify And other platforms LMFAO Maybe it'll happen But probably not anytime soon

By Dominic Jones The energy of the future Channeled from the past If you desire We can make it last Pour everything you have Into what could be And soon you'll find It's not about me Let me show you how awesome If me and you Could be us But the things I said before Processing them through my head For awhile there We were hanging on by a thread It gives me reason to believe There is room to achieve And in us I should have believed Perhaps in a different time And a different pl

By Dominic Jones Metamorphosis is the only guarantee If we don't change we are stuck And haven't made (much) progress Forge forth into the unknown And never gaze back Coloring outside the lines Soaring ever higher Discovering a better way to live each day And be in touch with the core values that drive you Keep it together To feel so alive Keep going And explore new horizons enthusiastically Not a spiral downward But rather out ad infinitum

(An) Intellectual Release By Dominic Jones Fall into place Back to the grind With so many others But still one of a kind This is the only thing I’ve known For the last 10 years A passion for learning To friends and family I’ve shown Things are looking up As I ease into it part time Instead of getting burnt out I’m sober, I can unwind Priorities rearranged Sobriety is at the top Followed closely by college This I know I can manage Hit the books Get that shit done Then I have f

Future Plans As the main stack of the October issue of The Bakos Times goes out, I have to take a look at my plan for the future of my publication. I know that I want to keep up with once a month but I think perhaps quarterly would be better and would give me more time to plan and organize. I am busy with work, friends, family, fixing computers, dating, mining pi and other things. But what do my readers want to see in the next issue? Is there a way to find out, maybe by takin

Hey there! You might ask yourself, what is The Bakos Times? The Bakos Times is a grassroots publication that I have wanted to do for over a decade. I'm doin' this shit old-school, with a stapler and a printer! I consider it a zine and I am the brainchild of this beautiful project. I am so excited to share the 4th issue with you. I intend to include poetry, commentary about general world affairs, doodles, art, notes from my University education,perhaps a dream journal entry or

By Dominic Jones I burn the late night candle. New poetry very soon, and I have been hard at work on The Bakos Times, my life goal zine poetry publication. My poetry can be found at https://dominicjonespoetrywriting.wordpress.com The reason I tagged peoples is because they have been with me the whole way, from the infancy of this publication up until the 5th issue coming out soon. They have supported my dreams and goals and creative endeavors. And I know they will be with me

I have had writer's block for a long time, save for short, sporadic periods where I was able to get something down on paper. Or my beloved glowing set of screens. My hands get tired from years of playing computer games and typing at 35 WPM since I was in 5 th grade! But I knew in the back of my mind that this is a goal I must continue with, for as long as there is breath in my lungs, synapses firing in my crazy ass bipolar autistic addict brain, and as long as I am able to t

Dream Journal entry – date unknown

Inspiration for this poem comes from the song "Fallout" by Imperative Reaction, which I found on Spotify.

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Dominic Jones performing spoken word poetry recordings that will eventually be put to a piano and a drum beat, and a synthesizer, using Fruityloops. This is one of my favorite tracks because I always have something on my mind.

<About The Writer> (and Editor-in-Chief, Webmaster, Publisher, Artist, Creator and Promoter) Dominic Jones has been writing since 1998. He has written mostly poetry but has dabbled in short stories and has also been utilizing a journal through most of his teenage years and into his adult life. He got published in the literary magazines for their respective schools in 9 th and 11 th grade. He also got published in the early 2000s in Hedra News, an alternative medicine magazi

By Dominic Jones The things I said before Processing them through my head For awhile there We were hanging on by a thread It gives me reason to believe There is room to achieve And in us I should have believed Perhaps in a different time And a different place We could piece together what we had when we left off And start anew Months with you were only just a few

By Dominic Jones Woke up around noon today No dreams that I can recall Maybe just for today I won’t drop the ball On everything I should be working on Drink a little coffee and light a cigarette Take this box and fill it with regrets Give them to big guy in the sky Who’s watching over me Reminding myself how lucky I am to be free Lucky to have people who care and share People who want me to do good Go back to college like I know I should Even without those influences What sta

By Dominic Jones If I read, I’ll journal If I journal, maybe write poetry Force myself to get something onto paper Chain reaction Perhaps Finally Okay with myself And can share my life with someone else (Ch)anger over the things that frustrate me Crank the volume / set the pace Step back But in your face Ready for a new beginning Of this journey to fate Looking inward Reality is something that Isn’t all that bad Don’t have to escape from all the time Write down a dream But I

By Dominic Jones Try my hand at something new And have a new point of view Flowers pushing up Out of the earth Forging forward Always With ever-renewing resolve And then I know I can evolve Masquerading as a secure connection Pop the firewall Don’t want to be pushed aside I know in you I can confide What’s on my mind Or bothering me Denial makes it harder For the stars to shine My mind may be numb But it’s not benign