an introductory section

  for an experimental poet, as i have been for a significant period of writing, these poems are an ‘experiment’ in themselves by going back to the more traditional conventional syntax mode of poetry. not forced or in any way alien-to-the-poet, these are a natural strain of writing that is occurring in me at this time. i have written so much ‘difficult’ poetry, the new writing is a refreshing change—and that is why they are called ‘new poems’. 
  there are two poets who used of the word ‘new’ related to poetry/poems that come to mind—ezra pound and ranier maria rilke. it would be an interesting study to make some theoretical comparison between isues in all three writings [if i can be so bold]. how does the word ‘new’ relate to the use of that word in pound’s and rilke’s poetry? what constitutes ‘new’ in poetry—whether in a single poem, a book, a period of a poet’s writing? what causes a poet’s mode to change? how does it seen in relationship to the previous & subsequent writing? is it truly ‘new’? for the poet, for his audience? should readers give the new writing a special look as the poet claims the poems are ‘new’ poems? a poem can be ‘new’ even if it’s the same-old-poem over and over again—but written a week later…it’s ‘next-week’s-poem’. 
  the ‘new poems’ will be updated section by section at intervals depending on how much has been written. i will not be hurrying…


a footnote follows: these poems might have been called 'hypnagogic  poems' a while back [from OE WordBook . hynagogia--the psychology of or relating to the state immediately before falling asleep]. 
  when writing these poems, by the end of a few lines, i would occasionally enter a hypnagogic state and then snap back to normal consciousness.  who knows? maybe this is a form of apnea,  [apnea-- temporary cessation of breathing, especially during sleep: thousands suffer from sleep apnea].   -also from OE WordBook. 
  these two conditions, could be the same, except the prior starts from the waking state to sleep-to waking state, the latter from within sleep-to-sleep-to-waking. however the poems are written, the poet feels hypnogogia is a part of the process of their composition. 
to illustrate: i'll be writing a line of poetry and 'nod off' but my fingers will continue to type some letters related to the words ongoing in my mind. 
upon waking, i'll be confronted by a jumble of letters only partially-related to the words that were going on in my mind during the 'sleep' state.
by the time i 'awaken', the words intended are only present in mind partially & most of the tie not summonable to mind except approximately.
sleep is one of the greatest mysteries of all things in human experience--why we need to sleep, what goes on in the body when we sleep, why do we partially awaken during sleep at specific points, & the big one: why do we dream?