User:Tacettin Fidan

About Tacettin "Dean" Fidan in his own words ...

Me: Passed mile marker fifty. Married, and happily live in Sunny Florida. Worked in service industry related fields all my life as own/op or consultant. Graduate of De Paul U., 1981, after my B.A., I studied philosophy, world history, and psychology as a graduate student. Did humanitarian work for nonprofit volunteer organizations for many years. Numerous written works (verse & prose) published in newspapers, online journals, and elsewhere. Some awards received over the years, etcetera.

My views on poetry: I see poetry as a vehicle, a kind of spaceship. Yes, a poem needs to have a structure and a method, not unlike a vehicle, for its shape, size, and color are important, but more important are its spirit and/or its performance and delivery. When I write a poem or read someone else’s, I can’t help wondering about its quality, e.g., Is this poem Soulful? Is it Doleful? Is it Joyful? All of the above? Finally, I ask, has this poem drawn an accurate picture of reality as far as we are aware of its existence to its [and its author’s] own-most ability? Of course, the poet as a person is very significant, since without the poet, there would be no poem, but he or she is part of the admixture of a great work. E.g., Homer, Shakespeare, Poe, Frost and many other great poets are long gone, but their life work still lives on. "Poetry is not my vocation, but rather my evocation; its an inner need that I discovered to be very fulfilling."

In 2005, I published "Thoughts In Poetry." (ISBN 0976615908)

In 2006, I published "Defining Moments of Poetry." (ISBN 0976615916)

Tacettin Fidan's personal web site: http://home.earthlink.net/~fidant04/index.html

Newer works: http://tacettindeanfidan.spaces.live.com/

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