Monday
I
started blogging, because I wanted to write.
In fact I was writing already, and blogging appeared to be a new - convenient
and fun - way of organizing and storing my writing, playing with formatting,
and so on. Of course I wanted to reach
out, and find people who’d relate to my words, find my Reader.
I
tend to lean toward prose, poetic prose in particular. I enjoy writing personal essays and short
stories. I envision a book for children,
a middle grade novel (the book is not much more than an idea at this point,
however, I’ve already written a number
of chapters, and even made an online ‘pledge’ to finish the first draft by
January 2013.) My current obsession with
poetry came as a complete surprise to me.
I was reading an issue of Writer’s Digest once, and saw a
reference in small print to a poetic blog called Poetic Asides. I decided to check it out, and was
instantaneously hooked. The talent I
found there was overwhelming. The people
were very welcoming and supportive. It
was a whole poetic world, a Planet of Poetry in the cyberspace. Then Poetic Asides led me to Poetic Bloomings,
and I fell in love. Then at Poetic
Bloomings I ‘met’ Margo Roby, and was so happy to discover her Wordgathering…and
the chain reaction goes on and on.
I’ve
been writing like there’s no tomorrow.
And I intend to continue. I will
try to write better, though, edit more. I
won’t rush. I’ll pause, think, write, leave,
wait, come back, edit…and then I’ll post.
Something like that. So, if it’s
Monday, it’s time for
Poetic Perils
That
means both, my poetry, and prose – also a poetic endeavor. I’ve tasted the sweet perils of writing: my
sanity’s endangered, but I love every minute of it. Beware of the poetic attempts of the Amateur:
you never know what might happen…you might even enjoy them!
Live for the
Love of it,
The
Happy Amateur
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