For
me, for my spirit, my muse, inspiration
Explaining the ephemeral, the fleeting
not education, or learning, less a craft, a gift,
something unspoken, unwritten
gathering the gossamer, the wind;
Writing is so much about a moment, discovery,
about the magic of seeing, about vision,
a gift more than a craft, working
about being present, silent, open
capturing the lightning, the sparks,
seeing the words, the constellations,
hearing their cadence, the rhythm
the clear points of light against the black sky,
the stitches, the threads of the tapestry.
Individual bursts of color, dancing,
in the mind’s eye of unconsciousness
dreams retained, pulled from the canvas,
the canopy, from imagination, written, scribed;
Writing is knitting the words into the fabric, the image,
the tapestry they were always meant to be,
gossamer wings and steely gravitas
blended or plucked from the ether, the air.
The clouds collecting, collected, as if in a net,
the liquid of the moment, the words
cotton candy merely gathered,
the fine grains of wonder, of life
gathered on the emulsion, on memory
gaining form, substance before me
gathered upon a permanent page
Forming a whole, revealing,
the threads gathered, an elixir,
saved for eternity, for a purpose, a treasure
the words God has already chosen.
Such is the process of inspiration.
Writing is finding the words, already stitched together,
written in heaven, upon stones, in jewels, upon hearts,
woven tight with strong bonds, with cords;
Phrases and thoughts tied together
already formed, ready to be discovered,
for those who are open to the magic
gathered in imagination, in memory,
seen and scribed, stenciled,
drawn, printed onto the page.
The words of the poems, the stories
coming as if from nothing, but perfect
already formed by the Creator
only ours to remember, to conjure
to write down upon the page
the writing only a formality
bringing forth the work of God.
Gathered for all time, preserved
saved to be seen later
pulled from the ether, the air
in a moment of inspiration.
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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
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 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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