by Catherine Giordano
I
attended the Florida Writers Conference on Saturday April 20. I almost didn’t go, but I’m so glad that I
decided to go.
When
I first looked at the workshops it seemed so “been there, done that.” Editing, ebooks, marketing—I’ve been to so
many of those workshops. In the end, I
decided to go just because it is fun to meet other writers.
It
turned out that these were the best workshops I have ever attended. Every single one was so valuable and gave me
so much more than I expected. It was an
amazing day.
There
was a poetry workshop given by Peggy Miller.
She is always wonderful. The
whole workshop is like an hour long poem.
What I took away from this workshop was an idea to get me writing again.
She
suggested that we take just a couple of minutes each day, look around us, look
out the window, whatever and then just write what we see—just a couple of
lines. I did that right on the spot and
I have been trying to remember to do that every day.
The
results are what I am calling snippets.
The Anthill
The
crow sees
the
ant hill of life
moving
at
something less than 24 frames per second.
The Vineyard
Creativity
grows
in the vineyards
of
the mind
but
must be aged
to
become
like
a fine wine.
No Escape
A
squall, a storm;
the
wind rattles
within
my chimney
like
a banshee
banging
on the walls.
These
snippets can stand alone or they might be incorporated into a longer poem.
If
you are having writers block, try writing snippets.
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