Most "complete" collections of Wil C. Fry's poetry show the earliest known poem was written Sept. 21, 1987, the day after his 15th birthday, and titled "God Is #1." Wil signed it "Willy Fry." According to Wil, the chorus was borrowed from a song he'd heard as a child, and the verses were added on the listed date. However, there are other poems that have surfaced, mostly with science fiction themes, and decidedly juvenile in nature. Wil refers to these, and others, as his "lost poems," because he went so many years without knowing the location of the manuscripts.
From sci-fi to religious poems, Wil's writing style continued to develop. Eventually, he left the religious themes behind, and moved on to writing poems that covered the normal subjects: love, death, depression, etc. However, one theme runs strong through all of his poetry, as any avid reader will soon see: the questions. Wil was continuously questioning life, what he saw, whether it really existed, and why certain incidents occurred, either to him, or around him. Also, it is evident that he also often questioned his own actions, as if he were acting without conscious control. It was the classic argument between Free Will and Predestination. To date, he never decided on which side of this discussion he stood, exactly.
Some of his poems also bordered on the political, making statements about his devout beliefs, some of which are: the fallacy of America's two-party system, the fact that neither conservatives nor liberals are right all of the time, and that each citizen should make up his or her own mind after researching issues thoroughly. For the time being, these poems are not included on this website, but some may be added later.
The following links will take the reader to pages containing samples of Wil's poetry, broken into six basic theme groups: (1) Religious, (2) Depression, (3) Love, (4) Craziness, (5) People, and (6) Miscellaneous.
In all cases, the original misspellings and/or grammar errors have been left in, either to show the writer's development, or because Wil meant it that way. If you notice an error that doesn't appear intentional, please email Wil (at the address found HERE) so it can be corrected.
On Oct. 2, 2000, Wil also wrote the "Three Shortest Poems in the History of the World." One of them was called "Emotional Leper." The body of the poem only contained a single letter: "I."
(All the poems contained on this site are the intellectual property of Wil C. Fry. They were written by Wil and are copyrighted by him. Any reprinting, reposting, or republishing, without permission is discouraged, but allowed, grudgingly. Permission is granted to use any of these poems, in whole or in part, on the following conditions: (1) that credit is always given to the author, Wil C. Fry, (2) that no monetary gain is derived, (3) that any poems reprinted will be printed in a formatting as close as possible to the original, including indentions, capitalization, spelling, puncuation, etc., and (4) that Wil C. Fry be notified immediately upon publication.)
