How To Write
When ideas for a poem bulge
like rain-laden clouds,
there is no need for artificial
seeding. Words bolt
like lightning, hitting paper
faster than the speed
of sound, sounds streaming,
no, teeming, into liquid
lines, backs turned to syntax
but thundering with
undertones. Leave your pen
only after distant valleys
echo petrichor’s silence.
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I like how you have captured the organic nature of the creative process in such an intense manner, well done!
We just had a heavy rain here, so this poem hit home. Very fluid reading! Love when ideas bulge!
I’ll have what you’re having, Nancy! 😉
Lovely! I feel your pen, your thoughts flow. . . .
Those opening two lines grabbed my attention. Wonderful simile. Had to look up petrichor, but its a great word and concept to end with.
Love your use of petrichor!
I know and love this word and have used petrichor to draw with its smell…
adore: petrichor’s silence.
This is a beautiful description of inspiration! If only it would storm everyday- my Stafford Challenge would be going so much better. 😂
I’m doing the challenge, too!!
Great sounds!! I haven’t had a day like this for too long….
Wow. What a great & well-done metaphor!