You have such a healthy attitude when it comes to the strife of life! We could all use a dose of your positivity. And you're right: It's what we make with the lemons that defines us.
This gives me the image of two people falling gently in love as the world descends into catastrophe, into apocalypse. The contrast is lovely. For so few words, this piece is striking.
There's a gravity to this piece, a weight to its specific kind of ache. I actually read it wrong at first, read it as if your speaker's companion were right there, and I had wanted to say that that idea that someone can be absent from you, can have gone away and left, maybe forever, while sitting right there in front of you, should be given its own word in the English language. That wasn't your intention, I realized after a reread (their friend or lover was never really there), but I think that's almost inconsequential sometimes when that happens -- because as always, your poetry did exactly what poetry should: It made me, the reader, make my own associations, and feel, and feel hard.
Probably Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper because I listened to it sooo many times when I was younger. I've also listened to Mellisa and it is a great book!
I'll try this! I am a big multitasker and sometimes I rewatch TV shows, but audio books are a way better idea because they're less distracting! And I definitely know some so well I could describe the entire plot by heart lol
You have such a healthy attitude when it comes to the strife of life! We could all use a dose of your positivity. And you're right: It's what we make with the lemons that defines us.
This gives me the image of two people falling gently in love as the world descends into catastrophe, into apocalypse. The contrast is lovely. For so few words, this piece is striking.
There's a gravity to this piece, a weight to its specific kind of ache. I actually read it wrong at first, read it as if your speaker's companion were right there, and I had wanted to say that that idea that someone can be absent from you, can have gone away and left, maybe forever, while sitting right there in front of you, should be given its own word in the English language. That wasn't your intention, I realized after a reread (their friend or lover was never really there), but I think that's almost inconsequential sometimes when that happens -- because as always, your poetry did exactly what poetry should: It made me, the reader, make my own associations, and feel, and feel hard.
Hi, I recently discovered some new ideas when struggling with what to write about:
Go onto Merriam-Webster's dictionary website. Click 'word of the day'. Then, use that word as a prompt.
or you could put a bunch of words on a wheel of names and write about whatever it lands on
or if you're reading and you find a word you don't know, look it up and write about it. It'll help you become familiar with that word
(I haven't tested these out yet, so they might not work. I just got a few random spontaneous ideas lol)
This is so beautiful! I love how the silhouette of the trees contrasts the perfect vibrance of the sky.
Probably Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper because I listened to it sooo many times when I was younger. I've also listened to Mellisa and it is a great book!
Scythe is awesome!
I'm so glad I could help! I listen to the book Mellisa by Alex Gino. What book can you describe by heart?
I'll try this! I am a big multitasker and sometimes I rewatch TV shows, but audio books are a way better idea because they're less distracting! And I definitely know some so well I could describe the entire plot by heart lol
Yay!