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Pick up a book. Go for a walk. Buy a plane ticket.
The Poet is Half Introvert
The poet walks the earth in relative obscurity. You might see him surface briefly at an open microphone event or at a workshop, but for the most part he stays in his burrow.
His bosses love him. He writes elegant copy and sticks to his knitting. You hardly know he’s there in his cubicle.
His wife and his kids worry about him. His doctor would like to see him out walking more often, hills especially Read more of this blog post »
His bosses love him. He writes elegant copy and sticks to his knitting. You hardly know he’s there in his cubicle.
His wife and his kids worry about him. His doctor would like to see him out walking more often, hills especially Read more of this blog post »
“Your destiny is tiny.
It says so right there in the word “des-tiny.”
That means its really not that big a deal.
Destiny is a pebble in your shoe.”
―
It says so right there in the word “des-tiny.”
That means its really not that big a deal.
Destiny is a pebble in your shoe.”
―
“Everywhere you lived
is just a ledge, a place
you could have tumbled
from. Your hometown
is a precipice, you’ll learn
someday. What the realtor
sold to you is merely
a coat hook, an excuse
for the roof to settle
atop your head, like
a butterfly”
―
is just a ledge, a place
you could have tumbled
from. Your hometown
is a precipice, you’ll learn
someday. What the realtor
sold to you is merely
a coat hook, an excuse
for the roof to settle
atop your head, like
a butterfly”
―
“Your destiny is tiny.
It says so right there in the word “des-tiny.”
That means its really not that big a deal.
Destiny is a pebble in your shoe.”
―
It says so right there in the word “des-tiny.”
That means its really not that big a deal.
Destiny is a pebble in your shoe.”
―
“Everywhere you lived
is just a ledge, a place
you could have tumbled
from. Your hometown
is a precipice, you’ll learn
someday. What the realtor
sold to you is merely
a coat hook, an excuse
for the roof to settle
atop your head, like
a butterfly”
―
is just a ledge, a place
you could have tumbled
from. Your hometown
is a precipice, you’ll learn
someday. What the realtor
sold to you is merely
a coat hook, an excuse
for the roof to settle
atop your head, like
a butterfly”
―
“She is Sisyphus. All day long she pushes that rock and when she is almost to the top, something happens to distract her and it all rolls back to the very place the journey began. Some day she will make it to the top. Some perfect day she will stand, wind in her face and watch it barreling down the other side, taking anything and anybody in its path. But until then she will travel this worn and familiar road, sure-footed and steady in real time, eyes vigilantly focused on the life before her. She is the cobbler of her own heart and this will save her soul.”
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“Eventually, science finds a cure: polio, smallpox, measels, whooping cough, rinderpest (look it up), all gone. Eventually, those ladies and gents in the white lab coats wielding pipettes will get around to the debilitating condition known as Writer's Block.
Imagine if Big Pharma spent $1 Billion and 14 years of R&D effort, just like they do on allergy medicine and mood lifters: "Ask your doctor if Narrativa is right for you. Narrativa is a fast-flow, editor-inhibitor (FFEI) that works in your bloodstream to initiate poetry, prose, and young adult fiction. Side effects of Narrativa include job loss, missed meals, laptop battery wear, comma splices, and of course, death. For impoverished literary journal writers and creative writing program faculty adjuncts, Pfizer may be willing to subsidize the cost of your Narrativa dosing.”
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Imagine if Big Pharma spent $1 Billion and 14 years of R&D effort, just like they do on allergy medicine and mood lifters: "Ask your doctor if Narrativa is right for you. Narrativa is a fast-flow, editor-inhibitor (FFEI) that works in your bloodstream to initiate poetry, prose, and young adult fiction. Side effects of Narrativa include job loss, missed meals, laptop battery wear, comma splices, and of course, death. For impoverished literary journal writers and creative writing program faculty adjuncts, Pfizer may be willing to subsidize the cost of your Narrativa dosing.”
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“Maybe it's my undiagnosed, adult-onset ADD, but I rarely have a problem with writer's block, a daunting blank page, or picking a topic. I read a lot and that helps”
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