This blog is dedicated, as the title would suggest, to the qualities of being young. We are young writers. We are playful and sensitive, fluid and changing. We are unashamed with our art. We wonder at the world, puzzle over the meanings of things and twirl in delight at images and ideas that float by, grabbing at them as they pass. We are curious and constantly inquiring and prying concepts open and taking assumptions apart. We are on the ground, close to the earth. We have bare feet and wiggle our toes into nature. We carry our blankies still and wrap up cozy and comfy with each other and tell ghost stories and shiver at creepy things. We laugh and we cry and we take a lot of naps, drained from our outings and exertions.
We write as gifts to each other, tying them up in ribbon and leaving them around for each other to find, hiding and waiting for the person to wake up and read. Surprise! We weave our stories together to create a bond. One writes, then the other. then another again. We have a shared reality that we have crafted, bit by piece by patch, by string. We write simple, honest authentic things, with our unique voices. You can tell each one of us from the other, without knowing who wrote what. Our voices are clear and gentle and original. We whisper and our personalities roar! Like children, our feelings are strong, our passion for what we write shakes us. We are moved and sometimes left breathless, by our own words or the words of each other. We cannonball into each others spaces. We fall backward into each others writing, like into a pile of leaves or a soft bed. We gobble and grin and ask for more. (footnote kudos to JC)
Then we go to bed, wake up to a new day and do it all over again!
Saturday, April 7, 2012
American Haiku
The field: Brussel Sprouts!
The story reads:... 'beans'...
The Truth? Does it matter?
For you, JC. Came to me in the tub...then, I had to(had to!)get out, walk the carpet, go down the hall to the office (dripping) and post this. 'Had to'? Yes! THAT'S how it is with me....love you too! Not just Rosie...and a 'shout out' to Reese. Thanks for the comments.
You seemed surprised by this Haiku, JC...but you started them! It was a while back. At some point you asked about my process and I added this comment(above) to let you know how it works! I have these things come into my head and I just have to get them on paper! Paper? Not so much anymore...You were my audience for this one. I'm kinda sorry you didn't know what I was referring to...a common occurrence for me, I'm afraid. (a frayed knot! funny joke...I've told it to two others)
it is much the same for me.. i get an idea and i have to write it down right away.. doesnt matter what i am in the middle of, my inner voice says IT MUST BE JOTTED DOWN!
on a side note: i am new to the writing process. up until this blog, i read for sheer enjoyment and never looked at others' writing with a critical eye. in school, i goofed off in english class and never really payed attention to the analyzation aspect of reading others' work. poetry alluded me completely.. though i wrote a fair amount of it, and was successful with it in high school. and though i sing poetry every day, the context still often alludes me, and it is the music that speaks the meaning.
For you, JC. Came to me in the tub...then, I had to(had to!)get out, walk the carpet, go down the hall to the office (dripping) and post this. 'Had to'? Yes! THAT'S how it is with me....love you too! Not just Rosie...and a 'shout out' to Reese. Thanks for the comments.
ReplyDeleteYou seemed surprised by this Haiku, JC...but you started them! It was a while back. At some point you asked about my process and I added this comment(above) to let you know how it works! I have these things come into my head and I just have to get them on paper! Paper? Not so much anymore...You were my audience for this one. I'm kinda sorry you didn't know what I was referring to...a common occurrence for me, I'm afraid. (a frayed knot! funny joke...I've told it to two others)
ReplyDeleteit is much the same for me.. i get an idea and i have to write it down right away.. doesnt matter what i am in the middle of, my inner voice says IT MUST BE JOTTED DOWN!
ReplyDeleteon a side note: i am new to the writing process. up until this blog, i read for sheer enjoyment and never looked at others' writing with a critical eye. in school, i goofed off in english class and never really payed attention to the analyzation aspect of reading others' work. poetry alluded me completely.. though i wrote a fair amount of it, and was successful with it in high school. and though i sing poetry every day, the context still often alludes me, and it is the music that speaks the meaning.