Day 183: “New Leaf”
Staring out the window
On a long ride
Wondering about the future
Wondering when it’s time
Tired
Beaten down
When is it time
To get out of town
To drive away
Start another
Start again
Leave it all behind
Riding steady
Build the life I want
Brick by brick
Open up
Turn the page
Write a new chapter
Begin again
I guess I don’t have to wait
Day 181: “Creative Process”
I feel it
Tingling
I have an idea
I’ll sit with it
I’ll think
I’ll think
And I’ll think
And I’ll think
Then I might write something down
The remnants
The outskirts
Of the idea
Nothing fully developed
Not committing
Not wedded to anything
Not far enough to know if it sucks
Or if it’s brilliant
I’ll live in that space
The in-between
Just starting to form the ball
Kneading it
And kneading it
Until it’s overworked
Cracked and dry
Then I’ll stop thinking
Move on
Never even turning the oven on
Until another idea wriggles itself free
And into my line of sight
Day 179: “Writer’s Block”
You can’t force it
Can’t squeeze it dry
Can’t plead and beg and cry
If it’s just not coming,
Let it be
Poetry flows best when it’s dying to break free
Day 108: “Easy as This”
Do you know how easy it is to write a poem?
This is it
It’s this easy
Faking It Made 