The revision process is where the poem really gets written. It’s a process of discovery. I get to chip away at the rough draft, dab something here, scrape off something there, and the poem takes shape.
Poetry
Poetry in Everyday Life
Every day, I read a poem from Poem-a-Day. The poems arrive in my email inbox courtesy of the good people at Poets.org. It inspires me. It gets me out of my own head, and makes me feel connected to another person through their words. Poetry helps me see my life, and life in general, differently. … Continue reading Poetry in Everyday Life
SPACE
Movement Notes on a score A starry frontier reach, stretch, explore Despair of emptiness The hope it can be filled Place of rest to breathe A painting Not enough space is chaos Too much breeds insanity Between us is infinite and only inches but too far too heavy to reach out my hand … Continue reading SPACE
ART – BEAUTIFUL, IMPORTANT, OR BOTH?
What is the value of beauty?
What I Meant
The image floated before me and I clawed at it, but it just brushed past my fingers and since it escaped my grasp I wrote the memory of that precise moment -- already clouded, dream-like, a mere interpretation seen through my lens –nearsighted, with astigmatism and the need for age-related magnification. My response to your … Continue reading What I Meant
Why Poetry? In honor of April, National Poetry Month
I love poetry because it makes me focus in on life. To me, poetry is the zen meditation of literature. You experience it fully in the moment. You have to see it, hear it. Each word has weight and meaning. You take it in as a whole and let the mood and the rhythm surround … Continue reading Why Poetry? In honor of April, National Poetry Month
Love Song
I can still hear the pencil scratch, filling in the quarter rest — a squiggle, the extra underline of eighths, staffs drawn, every dot, every line a message to decode. I want to crawl inside a quarter note and swim along the rhythm’s choppy waves that carry me to another space with no body, no people, … Continue reading Love Song
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