That's why I bet you go on about your dat with a pen and paper in your pocket - to capture it when it does come. I imagine your mind is always working on something interesting.
This is most true. I am inspired by what I see and feel and there are times that I cannot get pen to paper fast enough......i have had times when I have lost that moment, so I carry my iphone with me all the time and I can jot down thoughts or notes. Your fish are really big. Do they stay in the bottom all winter?
I used to belong to writing groups where we did this kind of exercise. I can often write a fiction piece from a prompt, but not too often with poetry. It is just too personal for me. It is always interesting to see how writing evolves, even within one person.
June 3, 2015 at 8:05 AM
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Hi Gail--I like writing on cue! But I know it is not for all! Thanks for this diverting poem. I do not think your link is correct at Toads--K.
Great imagery with the wings flying from the soul.....and I love the tetractys....just learned about this form recently and I think you created it beautifully here :-)
I must feel the same way. I'm never attracted to paintings that are precise, 'just-so', labored. I love the movement of freedom in imagery, a sense of abandonment.
I love poems that are written from the heart... My favourites. Good job with tetractys form.
June 7, 2015 at 6:48 AM
i
can not
write on cue
it never comes
forced art is an unremarkable art
art is born with wings flying from the soul
born of itself
giving voice
with faith
write
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For Imaginary Garden With Real Toads
while trying to learn new forms.
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Close this window Jump to comment formso very true.. all art comes from within the heart, writing, painting, photography, all of it
June 2, 2015 at 10:14 AM
Your writing is an art and I enjoy the images. Pretty and colorful fish. Lovely post!
June 2, 2015 at 10:36 AM
That is just lovely. I love your fish too.
June 2, 2015 at 10:46 AM
That is very true, we create our best art when we are happiest.
Lynne x
June 2, 2015 at 12:28 PM
i like it.
June 2, 2015 at 1:40 PM
Loved this! Art needs our undivided attention and loads of flair with imagination :D
June 2, 2015 at 1:53 PM
That's why I bet you go on about your dat with a pen and paper in your pocket - to capture it when it does come. I imagine your mind is always working on something interesting.
June 2, 2015 at 8:16 PM
These are fun! I've written a few, but nothing as good as this.
June 2, 2015 at 8:24 PM
Sometimes forced art is a necessity just to get going... but you are right--it's more often than not unremarkable.
June 2, 2015 at 11:06 PM
This is most true. I am inspired by what I see and feel and there are times that I cannot get pen to paper fast enough......i have had times when I have lost that moment, so I carry my iphone with me all the time and I can jot down thoughts or notes. Your fish are really big. Do they stay in the bottom all winter?
June 3, 2015 at 6:10 AM
So very true . . . (I liked!)
June 3, 2015 at 7:29 AM
I used to belong to writing groups where we did this kind of exercise. I can often write a fiction piece from a prompt, but not too often with poetry. It is just too personal for me. It is always interesting to see how writing evolves, even within one person.
June 3, 2015 at 8:05 AM
Hi Gail--I like writing on cue! But I know it is not for all! Thanks for this diverting poem. I do not think your link is correct at Toads--K.
June 3, 2015 at 9:15 AM
Writing on cue needs discipline, which in itself is a teacher! :-)
June 3, 2015 at 11:08 AM
Though I find cues everywhere, it's more of the interest in that cue that brings a verse than the cue itself :) I liked your poetry.
June 3, 2015 at 1:38 PM
Some prompts are inspirational. Others... not so much.
June 3, 2015 at 5:21 PM
art is born with wings flying from the soul - that is so true! - Justjoyfulness
June 3, 2015 at 7:44 PM
You create the contrast very effectively here in the different tone of your two halves.
June 3, 2015 at 10:24 PM
Great imagery with the wings flying from the soul.....and I love the tetractys....just learned about this form recently and I think you created it beautifully here :-)
June 3, 2015 at 11:09 PM
I must feel the same way. I'm never attracted to paintings that are precise, 'just-so', labored. I love the movement of freedom in imagery, a sense of abandonment.
June 4, 2015 at 11:41 AM
Ha! I agree.
June 5, 2015 at 9:45 PM
I love poems that are written from the heart... My favourites. Good job with tetractys form.
June 7, 2015 at 6:48 AM