Writing is treasure mining, isn’t it? The sifting of options among all that language has to offer. In the process, leave the hollow expressions that lie buried from overkill to rest in peace. Settle on what’s attractive and weighty. Don’t clutter your collection with dry, ossified castoffs of nature that add nothing to your art.… Read More The Writing Process II, Part 2: Let the Clichés R.I.P.
Crack open time Poetry sifts the moment The lyric of dreams aborted hope hearth of pain Poetry is the space between the noise outside and my voice Poetry reasons is intention question assurance a luscious joy Jealous for beauty Poetry, watercolor memory surfaces to clear lines, light Poetry … Read More On Poetry
So the last time I called, it was to ask the meaning of art. This time I want to talk about its source and sustenance. Would you help me through my ambivalence on this question, follow as I st r u gg le? Thinking over the things my mother worked to procure for me –… Read More Calling All Artists, Thinkers, Writers, Part 2: The Luxury of Art
90 seconds on the round Jab-Cross-Hook Slip Slip Cross-Hook-Cross to the Double Leg Slam. He’s chasing his dream he’s chasing my dream, but I – – mount arm bar A snap. I catch the wince he stacks down on me, pulls out – – I chase myself. We lock eyes,… Read More 90 Seconds on the Round
If this one isn’t short and sweet, hopefully it’ll be short and sensible. Before publishing anything, take the good that time offers and – where at all possible – step away from your work. Stephen King says, “With six weeks’ worth of recuperation time, you’ll be able to see any glaring holes in the plot… Read More The Writing Process II, Part 5: The Gift of Time in Revision
she bathed in sweat just from breathing, shoulders rouge in the evening blaze as she balanced on the edge of hope the decisive rain disarmed the sun, a zealous s t u t t er that drenched her to a start and she smiled as she fell headlong… Read More disarmed the sun
In all the talk about how to write, I began thinking about why we even try, backtracking to why we read. According to Stephen King, “The real importance of reading is that it creates an ease and intimacy with the process of writing.” (On Writing) What I want to understand, though, is not the intellectual… Read More The Writing Process II, Part 4: Why We Read
The Process is as rich as there are writers. I now see that in my earliest years of writing I had been trying on words for size, putting out what I thought sounded good. Of course sounds are what give birth to words, and it is the thrilling privilege of writers to show communication is… Read More The Writing Process II, Part 1: Keep It Real
After I’d resigned to returning from the mountains with no poem in hand, this emerged over evening dishes. Originally Ode to the Adventurers, it was my contribution to the digital post-camp chorus of What a blast! It was wonderfuls from the families. In the spirit of roughing it, I’ve resisted the temptation to refine it… Read More Star Wars Campside
Lovelorn Lake under Mountain Sky supplicating rain A thousand kisses she receives, the condensation of grace Echoes of moonlight tendril out the laps of lake While the hopeful earth athirst lies ravished ’til she revives. Earnest drops pearl upon the bosom of Mother Lake That swells, and vanish in their rising, her surrender back to… Read More Rain Story
A Holistic Journey 