poetry, prose, and photography
Woolly Muses, a blog I’ve followed for awhile, posted their contribution to today’s FOWC (Fandango’s One-Word Challenge), with the key-word “verbal“. I enjoy these challenges, and I believe they solidly grow my creativity.
So, here’s my contribution:
words dance off my pen
verbal graces in sunlight
moving through silence
Great advice for the new poet…and for the old. Of course today we always have our phone with us, capturing our thoughts, poem scraps along with photos. There’s research supporting pen-and-paper’s superiority, for what that’s worth. Ultimately, the best solution is the one you use. As long as you’re confident in capturing your ideas, your brain can focus on creation.
I found this poem quite relevant to us today. Seems this is more prevalent now than at the turn of the last century.
Laying in bed reading
As my focus is fading
I’ll write a poem
​I want to sleep
I want to write
I want these two
To align in
Daylight
Kerning crafts beauty
The poetry of white space
Ink and paper play
This writer’s journey
Fraught with perils of the heart
Facing down my fear
As I write, my mind drags out random, destructive talk. The act of posting challenges sensations of inadequacy. Thus I post, refusing to let the destructive voices within me win.
​First: unload my mind
Next: shape them into beauty
Editing’s anguish
Life is so complex
The beauty within haiku
Ah! Simplicity!
I love poetry
I seek to achieve greatness
First: to define that
The more I study poetry, the more I see the idea of “greatness” is illusive. A slippery dream, laughing as l try to grab hold. I see that it’s a personal journey, connecting to my deepest within.
Carl Setzer: Word Shaper 