Meet Jay aka Beholder - SplashHall Poet

Jay aka Beholder states, "I started writing at a young age.

Never read or studied many poets. My poetry came one day when a teacher came across some lyrics I was writing for a death metal band I was a vocalist in at the time. Unbeknownst to me she entered it in the school poetry contest, in which I took first place.

Before then I had always thought poetry for sappy daydreamers never realizing that poetry is an art form; and the writer every bit an artist painting a picture from his words I started writing under the pen name the Beholder at the age of seventeen. With a few published successes along the way.

I am now on the cusp of thirty and still learning and developing my style. I have a beautiful daughter I don’t get to see enough of who keeps me sane. I hope to publish a book of poetry and a novel I have been writing called "A Day in the Life of a Subculture Icon". It will be based upon my life with drugs and the emergence from there clutching talons. I soon will be getting involved with teens with drug addictions as a volunteer. Hoping that my experiences may be able to help change their lives sooner than it did me. I am a firm believer in all it takes is one person to change the world for the better".

When Jay isnt playing poker or enjoying his daughter, you can find him roaming the halls at SplashHall Poetry.