I've found it true that writing involves a lot of "stone gathering," a lot of writing that is ... well, just writing.
While that can be satisfying ... and I find that it's good activity ... it keeps my mind occupied ... keeps me from dwelling on things I needn't ... or shouldn't ... what is really rewarding is that piece of writing that has a certain quality about it ... has a gemlike quality.
Finding one of those ... or maybe two, if I'm really lucky ... is what keeps me going. And just keeping on keeping on can be important, too.
I keep looking for that subject ... that turn of phrase ... that word which will send images dancing across the ballroom of my mind.
I hope that your quest will bring a large share of those "gems" to you.
Meanwhile, the poem:
ONCE, PERHAPS
Of all the stones
we gather,
all the poems
we write,
once in a lifetime
there is one, perhaps,
that gathers light
as no other, juggles
it back aloft,
sends bright beams
dancing into the dark
that stretches
across the ballroom
of the mind.
© 1996
(originally published in ByLine Magazine)
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Today's word:
dancing
This is that gem...the picture and the poem.
ReplyDeleteI haven't been able to get on line and they came out once to repair it...to no avail, but came back today...so far so good.
It's such a pleasure to be on your site again--and especially with this picture and the poem which gathers a lot of memories and thoughts. I've collected those type of stones...literally and figuratively..all my life. I lost all of the literal ones in Hurricane Andrew, but of course...in my travels, some sparkle to me and I have another collection going.
Today's poem sparkles, as does today's picture.
Helen