"home"

[BabyGrace]

oh sweet
I crawled away for a moment
to try to scale your walls
the broken barricade
you let me in
I ran further

the light burns my eyes
paled in comparison
in the crush of colour
I was spun 'til I was dry
can I come crawling back?

I lie awake
listening for your heartbeat
and I can't help but wonder
why do You love me?
~~~

I can't write much original poetry anymore, little bit of a dead period I guess
but I will just share my emotions and thoughts with you...it's a lot like poetry

 

[popkidu2]

I know what you mean bg. I went through something similar until recently. I would start writing and it was just like the last thing I had tried to write.

Something I've tried doing (and need to do more of) is writing about completely normal things....like a cell phone, and not worry about structure or format or anything. Not because a poem about a cell phone is gonna be anything to call home about (hahahaha) but just to get my mind working.

A *really* good thing to do is to keep a notebook or pad of paper next to your bed. Your mind is most active and creative right before and after you sleep. I learned this from a seminar I went to and it seems to be true. When you're in a creative mood, does it seem like you can't get to sleep because your mind is running a gazillion miles a minute? Or when you're in the shower in the morning? Those thoughts and ideas get lost really quick if you're not careful. Keeping a pad of paper handy near your bed (or shower I guess

) and jotting down those ideas/phrased/concepts/whatever will be invaluable. I had a number of friends in college who were artists who did this and they said it was really helpful for them.

Anyway, sort of off the topic, but food for thought.

 

[popkidu2]

I knew I forgot something.

What you wrote....quite good actually. Raw emotions are the most powerful things.

 

[The Wanderer]

you think in poetry

 

[BabyGrace]

sorry my computer is being very, very difficult


[This message has been edited by BabyGrace (edited 03-10-2001).]

 

[BabyGrace]

popkid, i know what you mean. Well about nighttime that is. Not morning

I write almost all of my stuff at night at about 2:00 in the morning when I can't sleep. That is my time with myself when I can think or feel anything I want, and no one is going to know or care.

Morning is another story, entirely.

but basically, I just write like every other week; usually it depends on how busy I am...
if I'm really running all over the place, I don't have time to sit down and absorb those little things that really make up life, and as a result my poetry suffers.