The Kind-Hearted Smart Aleck

Here is a running list of comments on my poetry. My poetry books can be found at the following links: https://www.amazon.com/Penetrating-Heart-Life-Ambiguous-Ambivalent-ebook/dp/B00B1F0LIY/ref=sr_1_6?dchild=1&keywords=craig+rozniecki&qid=1612997714&sr=8-6 https://www.amazon.com/Seasons-Come-People-Grow-Journey/dp/1411694899/ref=sr_1_17?dchild=1&keywords=craig+rozniecki&qid=1612997842&sr=8-17 A Hollywood Fantasy - "'A Hollywood fantasy, How I wish it were true, Instead I'm stuck in reality, Not knowing what to do.’   LOVE this part. This one rocks. Like this poem. Wonderful, amazing and beautiful."   A Hypnotic State - “'Uncertain if I'm dreaming, Or am wide awake, If she's real or a figment of my imagination, As I remain in a hypnotic state.’   Love this part. This is wonderful and beautiful."   Alien - “'Alien are my surroundings, Alien are the faces, Constant tests and experiments...

Over 11 years ago my friend Brian, who had come out 11 years prior and been disowned by his parents as a result, came to me with depressive and suicidal thoughts due to said rejection. Feeling helpless, I wrote this poem for him, in an attempt to help him see he wasn't alone. While he said it helped him at the time, he unfortunately passed last month. I recently received the following comment on the aforementioned poem, titled "Blood Before Principle": - "That was both beautiful and heartbreaking." The poem can be found here. - https://thekind-heartedsmartaleck.blogspot.com/2011/08/blood-before-principle-poem-i-just.html

Actor Bryan Cranston plays a quadriplegic in the new film The Upside  and some are not happy about it, claiming that it's wrong for an "able-bodied" (I hate that term) actor to play the part over a disabled one. While I can empathize with disabled actors and feel they should receive more opportunities than they do, I feel the critiques leveled toward Cranston are misguided. It may sound overly simplistic, but actors act. That's what they do. Those who receive the most acclaim are the actors who can master starkly different characters in an array of genres. Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, and Daniel Day-Lewis are all prime examples of this. Actors who consistently attempt to expand their horizons by going out of their comfort zones for parts tend to be the most widely respected. Those who are typecast for a single character or part, while they may be successful at the box office, they're often parodied by comics and shut out at awards ceremonies. What will impress audie...

There are two main purposes for my social media accounts, Twitter in particular: 1) To inspire positive change globally and 2) To garner more recognition individually. In order to do this, I try to keep my 96.7k followers informed (among others); stimulate thought and civil discussion; and prompt laughter. I regularly try to share information about different writings of mine, books, radio show/podcast appearances, etc. Honestly, when I started on Twitter, I had no idea what I was doing. Now I kind of feel like a pro. I try to interact with my fans and followers as much as time allows for it, but I can only respond to so many posts and questions in a given day. Also, while most of my interactions with followers have been positive, there have been occasions when this has been anything but the case. One such instance happened just today, which I'll delve into now. A follower told me, "I've been noticing you posting some bad headlines lately. What's up with that?" A...