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My name is Joy, and I love to write.
Why poetry, here? Because poetry uplifts its writer, and if she is lucky enough, her readers, too. Around us, so many objects abound to write about. Once a poet starts with a smallest, most trivial object, he shall discover that his pen will spill out what is most delicate or most majestic hidden inside him. Since the classics sometimes dealt with lofty subjects with a lofty language, a person with poetry in his soul may incline to emulate that. That is understandable. Poetry does that to a person: it enlarges the soul and gives it wings. Yet, to really soar, a poet needs to take off from the ground.
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Everyday Canvas #902092 added January 13, 2017 at 12:51pm Restrictions: None
Getting Rid of Stuff or Stress
Prompt: Close your eyes and Imagine for a moment...any lingering stress you have released out to sea. What will you let the waves carry away as you breathe clean ocean air?
I am not letting the waves carry away anything. Even the stress is important because I am a packrat and I keep everything for future reference, should I write another story or something. When something stressful happens, I tuck it inside a mental zip-lock bag and put it away in storage. Then, if I have a few minutes, I write it down in a notebook with a pen. Nothing diminishes stress as much as handling it long-hand.
Going with the ocean metaphor, I’d rather look at what the waves bring so I can pick and choose. I believe that, sometimes, they may bring real gems. So like a stealthy feline, I am still lying in wait…
Prompt: Do you have things around your house you should throw out but can't? Do they have sentimental value? Write about this.
My hubby is guiltier with the sentimental keeps than I am. That is why he can’t find anything and he always involves me in his searches.
As for me, I have tons of photos and books that are important and I am quite reluctant to do away with them. I also have two dolls I keep.
Then I have other items, which were given to me as mementos and if I were to do away with those and the people who gave them to me found out, they’d be very upset. So I keep those.
What I don’t throw out, at least right away, are the scraps of paper I have noted ideas, snippets of dialogue, or outlines. I keep them for a while, even after their use. Then, a few months later, I get annoyed at myself for keeping unnecessary clutter and dump them in the wastebasket.
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