Four years ago I started a series of daily poems to help me get comfortable writing on a consistent basis. I wrote what the title suggests—a poem a day—to create constantly and release my feelings and emotions. I did it for a month, and I remember really enjoying the creative outlet.
I have perfectionist traits that can prevent me from writing because I feel like everything I put to the page needs to be the best thing I’ve ever written. Instead of helping me write, that keeps me from ever recording a single thought.
I want to get back to that no judgment approach to writing and let my thoughts fly. This marks the return of the Poem a Day Series and hopefully marks a return to the joy of writing for me.
Day 1: “Life”
Life is beautiful
and gross
and funny
One minute you’re looking up at the trees
A heaven-like state
One with Nature
The next you’re wiping bird shit out of your eye
Faking It Made 