of poem-ideas always. Sometimes it's just a combination of certain words that ring in my ear, or a set-up of nature that inspires me.
Some ideas I'm juggling right now:
.Pieces of jewelry likened to a relationship. For example, a necklace is slow-dancing on the porch, with your arms around my neck. A bracelet is your hand grabing my arm telling me not to leave, etc.
.Queen Anne's Lace taking over the railroad track. I've always been fascinated by this "weed". My grandma had a shower curtain with flowers on it and that's how I first found out about Queen Anne's Lace.
.Peacock feathers as eyes. I talk alot about moths having eyes in my other poems, but today I realized that peacock feathers have eyes also.
.Turning the page of a book. In the poem, I refer to it as the "blade of the page", the very edge, where one small god walks. There's danger in turning a page.
.And always many others.
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I will buy the book, I love your writing. I love the way you love words and the way you put them together. I think the jewelry idea is so clever, I can just jump for joy saying I know this brilliant young poet.
ReplyDeleteOh, thank you so much, Ellen!
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