Steph L: Sappy or what have you, that's a really beautiful piece. My CW instructor was mad about 'family' writing because she says it is our family (especially close family) that rouse in us the most profound and emotional reactions. She found family writing to be the most 'real'. I think she's right.
I love this line:
She took me everywhere - out of a mother's necessity, I realize now, but at the time I felt privileged.
One of those moments where someone puts an idea that has crossed your mind down in such a tight little way and you go ''of course''. Brilliant.
Cereal:
Here is that (Juice III) poem, finally:
Unwritten
I want to write you
a love poem,
answer the whisper of your breath
with delicious metered lines;
Want to wrap you
in warm
words: the heat from your
fingertips melting
in thick couplets;
Want to feel the shape
of each syllable rounding
your tongue, spilling
from your lips;
I want to write you
a love poem
But you turn,
and hungry hands devour
your flesh
as my pen
clatters
to the floor.
Instead, I have a brain full of characters and plots and odd little scenarios that play out in countless ways, all day long - almost as background noise.
Oh, Steph. That was completely sweet.
the heat from your fingertips melting in thick couplets
Niiiiice.
Yes, Teppy, and Brynn. Good, and very different writing from both of you.
What would you put in a little bio that comes out with a (snarky) book review? Because it's going online this month(yay!)I mean, my e-mail, just in case, but apart from that.
erika, how little? I mean, word count on the bio, approximately?
You know, I didn't get one yet. D'oh, guess I'd need that first. Thanks, Deb.
I got a postcard yesterday informing me that the little devotional meditation I submitted a few weeks ago to a magazine that publishes such things is being held for further consideration. IOW, I cleared the first hurdle and avoided outright rejection, so I'm pretty happy. And it gives me the encouragement I need to keep submitting stuff, because, hey, at least I got a nibble.
Totally. Good for you, Susan.
Damn right. Keep it flowing.
