High Sierra -- edit 4

[Wjames]

Seeing as though this post got moved to the discussion forum I was wondering if there were any other thoughts about drug/alcohol influenced poems and their possible merits.
I remember reading a similar topic somewhere in the discussion forum a while ago and the general consensus seemed to be that writing poetry whilst under the influence of drugs should be avoided at all costs, which I agree with. But I also think that there could be merits to writing poems about being on drugs but writing them afterwards.
Does anyone see any benefits to writing poems whilst on drugs or drunk and then editing them afterwards to eliminate all of the inevitable crap that will be there in the hope of finding some good lines that you would not have considered writing when in a sober condition.

Also, does anyone have any examples of poems like this that they have written that they would like to share. I posted a poem on here a while ago that I had written trying to explain what it was like on ketamine. I am of the opinion that trying to explain a ketamine trip to anyone who hasn't experienced it is an impossible task and therefore an excellent subject to tackle in a poem. However my eventual poem, much like the drug itself, is best avoided as neither of them make any sense.

I smoke pot pretty much everyday, and write most of my poems while stoned. I don't think it impacts my writing too too much; obviously it would be different on truly mind altering drugs. I've never written while on anything stronger than liquor and weed, I should give it a try sometime just to see what would happen. I don't typically do those kinds of drugs all by myself though, and I find writing to be more of a solitary activity.

I've tried ketamine once (not an overly large dose) - it was like being drunk but with slight visuals. I remember feeling a very strange sensation when I ran as if either my head was lagging behind my body, or my body was lagging behind my head; I can't remember which. I don't remember much else from that trip, it was a couple of years ago.