Poetic Remission
Roca has inspired me to write poetry again. Well, I never truly stopped writing poetry. But writing his 100 Word Challenge in prose felt really good. It has been a while since I have written poetry. I got so disheartened by the poetic world (more literally than metaphorically) that I just stopped. The words would flow in and out of my head and I would sometimes think, that would be nice to write down. But so rarely did I stop to take the time to write it down. For me writing poetry is a place where I can be emotionally open and vulnerable. I find safety in being able to hide behind the words. I do love the irony of being open and hiding simultaneously. Everyone takes their own meaning, which even if you knew what I was writing about, you would still take your own meaning.
So from now on, I am going to post poems that I write. Read them or don’t. Comment or don’t. I am not trying to put it out there that I am a good poet or have ambitions of becoming a professional poet. I have gone down that road and the path is not as pretty as the writing that is littered on the shoulder.
My poetry will be posted on the shoulder as well, look to your right.
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It is a humbling place to be standing as a source of inspiration to another, which when I think about it, is as good as it gets. Thank you
And you hit the mark dead on when you said: ‘For me writing poetry is a place where I can be emotionally open and vulnerable. I find safety in being able to hide behind the words. I do love the irony of being open and hiding simultaneously. Everyone takes their own meaning, which even if you knew what I was writing about, you would still take your own meaning.’
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