I wrote 92 songs and/or poems in 1990, a record that would stand for 10 years — equal to the previous three years combined, and greater than the next eight years combined. For the first time, I wrote three poems in a single day (April 30), and then four (May 2 and May 4). During the frenzied last few weeks of high school, I penned 33 poems in 30 days, from April 18 through May 17, something that again would not be equalled until 2000.

I wrote 26 poems in May (my old notes say “25”, due to one poem being found later), a one-month record that would stand until June 2000.

Unlike the previous year, I did not write a poem in every month. October and November are noticeably bare. However, Jan. ‘89 through Sept. ‘90 made 21 consecutive months with a poem. That feat was only repeated once more, when I saw 34 consecutive months with poem from 1999-2002.