Our May blog prompt is: Time and Place
Where do you write? Do you have a specific place and time? How often do you write? Are you easily distracted or do you need things around you to bounce your eyes off to inspire you? (suggested by Joy Bailey)
I Will Write Words Everywhere
(With apologies to Doctor Suess)
I will write words in my head
When I walk and in my bed
I will write words with my brain
In the sunshine and the rain.
I will write with pen and ink
But not when at the kitchen sink.
I will not write when I drive
For that’s a way to be un-alive.
If I want my words to be read
I will sit and think in my head
In a chair with my glasses on
Maybe in the early dawn.
And type and type with keys a-clacking
All the while my brain a-wracking.
I will write words here or there
I will write them on my chair
I will write them up or down
In my jeans or a dressing gown.
By a window is always best
To gaze outdoors for my eyes to rest.
On the keyboard my fingers fly
Like birds soaring in the sky.
A candle helps to set the mood
Along with flowers and perhaps some food.
I will write words here and there
I will write words everywhere
I like to write, now this is true
But where, oh where, do you?
Lorrie Orr writes from Vancouver Island where there is much scope for the imagination, as Anne Shirley once said. She's composed great works of literature in her head, but alas, the words have not made it to print. However, she has just published her first book, a memoir, soon to be released.
Read more of her breathless prose here:
What a delightful way to start the month, Lori! You had me smiling all the way through. Glad you don’t write “when you drive.” We need you to be alive! Thanks, oh fearless leader. Good stuff!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Sharon. It was fun to write!
DeleteNo need to apologize to Dr. Seuss. He would be flattered by the imitation. I enjoyed your ditty, Lorrie. The fact is, a writer is always thinking writerly thoughts wherever they are,
ReplyDelete"In a car, near or far". (I couldn't resist)
The rhymes almost make themselves! Thanks, Valerie.
DeleteThis was fun to read this morning, Lorrie. You must have had fun working on this playful piece. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteThis was a lot of fun to write and it came together quickly. Thanks, Brenda.
DeleteYou set up this month 's theme with clever creativity, Lorrie. I enjoyed your poetry.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Judy. I had a good time writing it.
DeleteSo good ! Nice insight into your love of words
DeleteI suspect Dr. Seuss, would have enjoyed your spin-off on "Green Eggs and Ham, " because this is very likely how he wrote too. But this is an inspiration to all of us who like to write. You don't have to be sitting at your desk all the time.
DeleteLorrie, you started our month off well with your words fun, gleeful, and swell. :)
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