"she wants to write a thesis on the population underprivileged"

Someone once described me as being a part of the burgeoning student poet scene in Fredericton. I've never felt like I belonged to that scene, not really...in the company of such talent, and then there's me?

Patrick and I went a poetry reading at Molly's last Sunday, and met Ray Fraser, and were just sitting in the back having a good time and then I realize I'm in the same room as Travis Lane. Or the woman who organizes these poetry readings, she encouraged me to bring in something to read for the next reading, since they do open sets after the scheduled reading.

Anyway. Talking about this disconnect between self and "belonging" to a writing scene with Patrick. He made a good point:

I watched a documentary today, sorta a TV show about writers...and they were talking about community, and how there's a definite community, and they're technically a part of it, but none of them feel like they belong in it...we never realize that we're a part of something greater, especially when we're artists, because it's our job to step back and observe"

I'm constantly trying to straddle the world between academia and poetics. It just leaves me feeling as though I'm on the fringes of the fringes, sometimes. But I'm cool with that, I like it best here.