Is It Just Me? I’m So Excited About My Latest Poem!
So just half an hour ago, I finished writing a new poem, one inspired by another poet I know, who has a website I follow, and receive emails from every now and then.
As soon as I read that poet’s new post, my brain switched on, and once I’d opened up a blank page on my laptop, I began writing a new poem. And as I typed up the words, they flew from my fingers, like the poem had always been in existence, waiting for me!
Then I did a little editing and bang, a great new poem had come into the world. Of course, the next time I read this poem, I may change my mind about just how good it really is, but never mind, the feeling of excitement was strongly with me, and it felt wonderful!
Finding our creative core, making the connections with that part of ourselves is an awesome thing, and while poetry is my ‘thing’, I know artists of other kinds can feel that same inner glow, when your art is flowing from within, and making something wonderful!
Writing poetry is how I find my way with what I feel about things, just as a visual artist might paint with their chosen media, or a sculptor may with rock or clay … The idea, and its final presentation, from inside our mind, to there in front of us, and then on presentation to others, it is an awesome process, almost magical, and I love it so, so…
