My Year of Writing Dangerously

On the spur of one of my (increasingly rare) moments of inspiration, I decided that in order to maintain my artistic integrity, and because I can't keep calling myself a writer for much longer without actually WRITING something, I am going to write a poem a day for the next year. The first poem will be posted on August 10, 2010 and the last poem will be posted on August 10, 2011. (Unless, of course, I decide to keep going.) Not all of the poems will be good, and DEFINITELY not all of them will be interesting, but I will gaze around my kitchen, my living room, and Coming Home Cafe until something inspires me, then write a poem about it, as well as my random thoughts on the mundane things that no one notices, but which it is my goal to immortalize over the course of this year.



Friday, August 20, 2010

Day 9 (well... perhaps that's debatable. POEM 9 for sure though) - OHSHIT!

Okay. Don't panic. I'm two days behind. I'm probably not going to get another one in today, so then I'll STAY two days behind.... but DON'T PANIC!

On a lighter note: every poem I've done so far has had some kind of a form to it. But I have always loved free verse, so here is the first of what will be many freestyle poems.

How (an obvious title but, well, AHHHH SOO BEHIND!!!!)
How do you clutch a moment?
When every sound, every smell, and every touch is a grain of sand
how do you stop them from slipping through the cracks in your mind?
The sound of her breath, the smell of her hair, the touch of her warm, soft hand.
When they are all so strong that I sense them in my soul
how do I grip them,
keep them and hold them so they won't escape?
Please.
Tell me.
How?

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