For me, for
my spirit, inspiration,
writing is so
much about seeing,
capturing the
lightning, the sparks,
seeing the
words, the constellations,
hearing their
cadence, the rhythm
clear points
of light against the black sky,
stitches,
threads of the tapestry
individual
bursts of color, dancing
the mind’s
eye of unconsciousness
dreams
retained, written, scribed,
pulled from
the imagination, the sky
Knitting the
words into the tapestry,
the fabric
they were meant to be
gossamer
wings and steely gravitas
blended or
plucked from the ether
cotton candy
of clouds collected,
as if in a
net, merely gathered,
fine grains
of wonder, of life
gathered on
the emulsion, memory
gaining form,
substance before me
gathered upon
a permanent page
Forming a
whole, revealing,
the threads
gathered, an elixir,
saved for
eternity, a purpose
such is the
process of inspiration
finding the
words, already stitched together
written in
heaven, upon stones
woven tight
with strong bonds
phrases and
thoughts tied together
already
formed, ready to be discovered
seen and scribed,
stenciled,
printed onto
the page
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November 3, 2017
the cadence of the words
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edited January 13, 2016
A Calling to Write – v4
(editing version 3)
edited November 4, 2015
A Calling to Write – v3
(editing version 2)
July 6, 2015
A Calling to Write – v2
August 30, 2011
Hearing Your Words
written after looking up the earlier poem,
“A Calling to Write”
February 4, 2010
A Calling to Write
Habakkuk 2:2
Habakkuk 1
Habakkuk 2:1-3
and Day 138, “Write the Revelation”, in
“Daily Mediations:
On Golden Texts of the Bible”,
by Henry Gariepy
read 2/4/10
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edited January
13, 2016
Inspiration
Poetry – v6
(merging edits
to version 3, version 4, and version 5)
(I know, this
is part of the craft thing…)
edited November 17, 2015
Inspiration
Poetry – v5
(editing
version 3)
edited November 5, 2015
Inspiration
Poetry – v4
(editing
version 3)
edited
November 4, 2015
Inspiration
Poetry – v3
(merging
version 2 and original)
Edited
September 4, 2012
“Inspiration
Poetry – v2”
May 24, 2009
“Inspiration
Poetry”
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merged /
edited January 9, 2016
Seeing the
Words – v29
(merging edits
to version 28, version 15, version 16, version 17,
version 18,
version 19, version 20, version 21 version 22, version 23,
version 24, version
25, version 26, and version 27)
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edits of
individual poems
edited January
9, 2016
Seeing the
Words – v28
(editing
version 14)
edited January
9, 2016
Seeing the
Words – v27
(editing
version 13)
edited January
9, 2016
Seeing the
Words – v26
(editing
version 12)
edited January
9, 2016
Seeing the
Words – v25
(editing version
10)
edited January
9, 2016
Seeing the
Words – v24
(editing
version 9)
edited January
9, 2016
Seeing the Words
– v23
(editing
version 8)
edited January
9, 2016
Seeing the
Words – v22
(editing
version 7)
edited January
9, 2016
Seeing the
Words – v21
(editing
version 6)
edited January
9, 2016
Seeing the
Words – v20
(editing
version 5)
edited January
9, 2016
Seeing the
Words – v19
(editing
version 4)
edited January
9, 2016
Seeing the
Words – v18
(editing
version 3)
edited January
9, 2016
seeing the
words – v17
(editing
version 2)
edited January
9, 2016
Seeing the
Words – v16
(editing
original)
edited January
9, 2016
Seeing the
Words – v15
(editing
version 11)
edited April
10, 2015
seeing the
words – v14
(editing
version 10)
edited January
31, 2015
seeing the
words – v13
(editing
original)
edited January
31, 2015
Seeing the
Words – v12
(editing
original and version 11)
edited May 28,
2014
“Seeing the
Words – v11
edited
February 15, 2014
“seeing the
words – v10”
(editing
version 4)
Edited October 26, 2013
“seeing the
words – v9”
(editing
version 7)
Edited October
25, 2013
“seeing the
words – v8”
(editing
version 3 again)
Edited October
23, 2013
“seeing the
words – v7”
(editing version 3)
Edited October
19, 2013
“seeing the
words – v6”
(editing
version 3)
Edited October
12, 2013
“seeing the
words – v5”
(editing
version 4)
Edited October
11, 2013
“seeing the
words – v4”
(editing
version 3)
Edited October
5, 2013
“seeing the
words – v3”
(editing the
original again)
Edited July
22, 2013
“seeing the
words – v2”
December 4,
2007 12:25pm
“seeing the
words”
about writing
poetry, when it is a gift of God,
transcribing
the words God already wrote
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edited January 7, 2016
Personal Poetry – v2
posted February 21, 2004
February 3, 2004 16:45
Personal Poetry
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edited January 3, 2016
Rewriting – v3
(editing original)
edited July 11, 2014
Rewriting – v2
September 28, 2001 05:33
Rewriting
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edited December 17, 2015
Poetry – revised – v2
posting 2/5/2004 – 1st posting to blog
last edit 8/13/2000
edit 5/24/2000
Poetry – revised
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edited June 29, 2015
Nouns Verbs and Adjectives – v5
(editing version 3)
edited April 11, 2015
Nouns Verbs and Adjectives – v4
(editing version 2)
edited March 2, 2015
Nouns Verbs and Adjectives – v3
(editing version 2)
Edited April 24, 2013
“Nouns Verbs and Adjectives – v2”
September 5, 2008
“Nouns Verbs and Adjectives”
written at the Agape Café coffeehouse
Wesley United Methodist Church
(one of 24 written there that night)
writing poetry with third grade classes
Barrington Elementary School
Spring 2001
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edited May 19, 2015
Poetry – haiku – 2 – v2
November 1, 2009
Poetry – haiku - 2
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edited March
23, 2015
Sounds of
Scribbles – v3
(editing
version 2)
edited January
31, 2015
Sounds of
Scribbles – v2
August 18,
2004 21:58
Sounds of
Scribbles
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