What
am I currently working on?
I am finishing a Creative non-fiction course towards the Creative Writing Certificate program through the U of C.
The Final Project, is the next one for me, which requires pre-submission of approximately fifty pages in your chosen genre. My goal is to have a collection of anecdotes, poetry, blog sized bits alongside photography. Small chunks for short reads of inspiration. Writings with a deeper spiritual purpose and meaning. I love the flow and density of language in poetry.
I
also write a weekly blog on Hope
in the Hard Places,
at http://whoistalking.wordpress.com
I
agree with Sandi Somers on the need to edit and organize writings.
Like many of you, I have hundreds of starts and prompts that take up pages and pages of notebooks, and are slightly more organized on my computer. My goal is to select and edit my pieces for The Final Project.
Some of my pieces include, but are not limited to:
Be still—AGAINBending in the WindDo the MathDishwasher DevoDifferent Character PleaseMy Best Gifts are out of ContextJohn 15 and Drug DealersLetting God off the HookMy Ways are Lower than Your WaysSecond Hand SmokeSense of UrgencyTension and ReleaseYour Prayer is Important to Us (take a number)
Below
is one of the poems written in an earlier course as I was looking at
my own obstacles to writing. Learning to transform my resistance into
resonance. Wishing you all a Barefoot Summer!
Cement
Blocks
Cement
blocks, ill fitting shoes
Doubt
on the left
Fear
on the right
Laced
with guilt
It
is hard to walk
Harder
to dance
Impossible
to fly
Barefoot
she skipped ahead.
I am intrigued by the titles of your blog posts, Jocelyn ! And I love your little poem. It says so much in a few well-chosen words! I hope your final project goes well.
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Good luck with your organizing and editing. Hope you do well on your final project. Thanks for sharing your goals.
ReplyDeleteYour final project sounds intriguing, as do the titles of some of your pieces. And I too liked your poem. I LOVE barefoot summers. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteHi Jocelyn:
ReplyDeleteI agree, in this age of sound-bytes short and pithy is so necessary to get a message across.
I Like the phrase"resistance to resonance," and the need to walk barefoot when your shoes are filled with cinder blocks!
Bryan
Thank you all for the encouraging words! With the cement blocks I was also thinking of how the mafia (on TV) used to use bricks tied to victim's legs to drown them. Sometimes the drowning results from wearing shoes we needn't.
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