Things that inspire me.
Clockwise from bottom left: Crystal “create” stone from Timmy. Other stones: carnelian, the creative powerhouse; citrine, the light of inspiration; quartz crystal seer stone egg. Essential oils; pictured here: lavender. Stars and candlelight. Joseph Fasano’s The Magic Words: Simple Poetry Prompts That Unlock The Creativity in Everyone. Electric and acoustic guitars at 1:6 scale and an enamel pin showing a drum kit to represent music and musicians. Fine art, represented by postcard books with selected Mark Rothko paintings and selections from The Art of Florence.
I chose to take a poetry prompt from Fasano’s book about a new year.
Here’s how I wrote the poem.
New Year Poem: A Visitor
While everyone is counting in the year,
their hands full of confetti,
their eyes full of clocks,
I will do it differently:
I will walk out purposefully through the noise
and sit alone beneath the trees
and wait for you, muse.
Quietly, quietly, I will wait.
And if you come, if you speak,
if you reveal your wish,
I will hear.
I will be there.
Happy New Year confetti from Geri (part of what inspired me).
I LOVE your poem. Of course, I went right past the fact that I was meant to work on it like a poem that made sense. I figured this was a Mad Lib. So, I was like, “While everyone is cowering in the coop, their hands full of chickens, their eyes full of feathers, I will walk out suspiciously through the Stargate.” Then I looked at the top and saw “New Year Poem,” and said, “Ohh. never mind.” sigh… Again, your poem gets ALL the likes.
THANK YOU, and whoa, you have NO IDEA how timely your comment is. I’m just working on my Tiny Tuesday post, which kind of addresses different ways we (as in, I) feel fear and do something anyway.
Also, a lot of today I’ve been absorbing accurate info that we can now get only by DIGGING FOR IT about avian flu and getting the crap scared out of me. So honestly, it’s smart and right that you are stepping away from the coop and through the Stargate. The sound of someone running behind you might be me.