Please note, the art in this post is by: David Lupton, for the Earthsea series. THOUGHTS ON 2020 Wow my friends, so much has happened since my last post…this year has been so brutal to so many, in so many ways…I am left without words, honestly. That is a little embarrassing for a writer to… Continue reading “Still I Rise” by Maya Angelou, & Thoughts on 2020
In these crazy times we live in, I had to try to express myself with poetry: I now reside on a needle tip every moment could be my fall dark clouds grasp me while red fires burnbillowing flamesBreath eludes me Love’s soft songdrains awayA moment more andI couldn’t have born it I walk the edge… Continue reading On the Edge – a poem
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This is beautiful poem by Lisel Mueller that I just discovered. Since I, too, started diving into poetry while grieving, this really resonates with me:
FEELING INSPIRED IN 2020 Hello everyone, I hope your 2020 is going well. Recently, I’ve been feeling quite inspired. After a long time of struggle with my novel revision on my epic fantasy novel, (epic as in the genre, not tooting my own horn), I’ve finally got back in the game. Somehow, ideas have been… Continue reading 2020 inspiration; writing historical fiction
Missing you todayOn the day you passed awayWish you could have stayedEven a little bit more Wish you could have seenWho I might have beenWith you by my sideThrough wax ‘n waning tides Buffeted by the windThrough the thick and thinHow I would have grownWith your guidance shone But the growing’s not throughAs I try… Continue reading Wishes – A Poem
Contemporary Poet – Rupi Kaur Today, I’d like to share something from contemporary poet Rupi Kaur. She exploded onto the market a few years back, in 2014, with her collection Milk and Honey. Since, she has gone on to publish other collections. She is renowned for articulating the feminine experience and for being an outspoken… Continue reading Poetry Inspirations – Rupi Kaur
UPDATE 2019 has been a sad year for this blog, and I keep saying I’m going to blog more. (Isn’t it interesting how the word ‘blog’ is both a noun and a verb?) Well, recently I decided that while working on my novel revisions, I’m going to work on publishing my poetry, too. I’d like… Continue reading Publishing Poetry
The wagon My friends, It has not been easy to be on the 500 words/day wagon. I have fallen off multiple times, and it’s been barely a week. When you don’t have much confidence in your writing left, and haven’t been writing consistently in a long time, it’s really hard to stay on the wagon.… Continue reading 500 words/day update
