Sunday, July 10, 2016

Poetry

Once in a while, I can't sleep. So, I'm up really late at night reading or writing to get myself tired enough to get to sleep. A lot of the time, whatever I write normally is just detail stuff on a book or a poem and it's something that's been bothering me since last week - silly really.

However, there are times I get in and write a poem. I think it's the silence of the unit complex, or the way my brain works when I haven't slept for a few nights. But I kick out a very cool poem or two before I turn out the light.

The problem is that I sometimes I misplace the books I have written the poems in for a few months; and then suddenly find them! And that's always like finding a piece of treasure when that happens, because I sit down and read what I've written from that sleepless night to find I've written either a lovely piece of writing, or something I wouldn't bother showing anyone!

Last night, I was working on my book about books and came up to the part where I wanted to talk about poetry. However, I didn't know how long I've been writing poetry for and had to dig around the office to find it all. Strangely, I've lost a few books. I know they're somewhere around the office; so seeing I don't throw out any of my work (which makes me a paper collector too), I'm sure to find all of my poetry at some point soon. 

So, do you write poetry? If so, what kind of work do you write? I'm a concise poet - a writer of word pictures, small poems which aren't too long, but strongly-worded. These are difficult to achieve, but I do enjoy getting in and doing them when I have the time because they're a challenge. I love to read sonnets, ballads and funny poetry (Pam Ayres is one who makes me laugh). Until my next post, happy reading.

2 comments:

  1. I've tried writing poetry, but am not good at it.

    I read your book of poetry that you self published a few years back. It was good. I wild released it through Bookcrossing, but it hasn't surfaced since I released it. It would be interesting to read what other readers think of your book of poetry too.

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    1. Aaah, yes! 'People, Time & Places'. I remember doing that just before Authorcrossing folded. And I also remember deleting that book just before it did fold because I had a bad feeling about it (me and my bad feelings; sometimes they ring true, sometimes they don't - but that time, they did!).

      I totally enjoyed working on that one. But I have found 95% of my poetry and would love to work on another book to get it published... as I still write at the ungodly hours of the night and turn out some poems that aren't too bad.

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