Linda offers this line from Mary Oliver's poem 'Spring Azures' "Sometimes the great bones of my life feel so heavy" ~ ~ as inspiration for our prosery pieces.
Helen Dehner, Photography
A poet once told me "you must write about what you know, that a good poem is a closed belief system" ~ which sent my thoughts wandering ~ an introspective journey.
(1) Might poetry flow from my dreams? (2) Will my fantasies become poetic realities? (3) Do poems influenced by gossip count? (4) Must I have 'lived' my poem? (5) Am I influenced in ways I can only guess .. way below a conscious level?
And those idle wanderings produced a swift and visceral reaction. (1) Sometimes the great bones of my life feel so heavy. (2) I love exploring unknown territory. (3) I don't worry about getting it right, just getting it written!