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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. Kiya's gift. I love it!
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"Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself."
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This is my supplementary blog in which I will post entries written for prompts.

April 7, 2015 at 3:39pm
April 7, 2015 at 3:39pm
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Prompt: “The blazing fire makes flames and brightness out of everything thrown into it.”
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
What do you think about this quote? Do you keep a blazing fire when it comes to your writing?


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A fire starts from a spark. Then it spreads and envelops everything on its journey.

The same process applies to most anything. For example, even if you took just one step to become a pioneer, chances are you’ll take many more steps to eventually blaze your own trail.

In Sanskrit, The Gita says: “Do your duty to the best of your ability without worrying about the results.” A farmer may think he has control over how he works his land, but he has no control over the harvest. Yet, he cannot expect a harvest if he does not work his land. He has to keep his fire to farm going.

In writerly terms, the spark corresponds to the desire to write. Then like a fire, once a writer gets going from a single sentence or a line--similar to one part of a log--, she reaches for all that is there. Then, soon enough what she started becomes a blazing fire, ready to tackle anything and everything in her way.

I love to write, and I’ll write about all that shows up on my path. I may not be successful in any or most of the things, but I’ll write anyhow. It is the fire hidden in the wish that propels me.

A writing life is a daring life. I dare despite any criticism, and even advice. What I do is more important than the generalized plans for it. Or the outcome.

I have to go with what works to keep the fire going. If my fire is hot enough, it will devour anything and everything thrown at it.





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