I used to write poetry.
I’m talking mostly decades ago.
at my ages, that could be any of manywhen
a little cummings in that last line.
Been digging Good Poems, selected by Garrison Keillor.
The poem for my last post came to me as I set the book down and got back to work. The OPML Editor was open, and it’s a shitload faster to write with than WordPress’ own editor, so I blogged it. Bing! justlikethat.
It might seem a bit out of character, but I have lots of those.
And many more left to write.
I’m trying to figure out what to blog next…
Maybe I should get the juices flowing with some poetry ….
I haven’t wrote a poem in over five year. Maybe I should give it a whirl.
Doc
Thank you
(I) need to breathe deep and …
Good for you, Doc! It is important to nurture those parts of us. The creative brings a balance to the mundane daily grind. Keep it up.
Have you ever tried a technique of transcribing great poems by the hand until they become natural to you. I learned that great trick by one legendary copywriter. I used the same technique on my blog at http://www.dominikbjegovic.com
Best,
Dominik Bjegović
Last time i wrote poem was like 6 years ago at school. I never liked poems back then, but maybe i should give poems another change. I think i will read some of those poems that you linked.
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