| Author | Message | ||
| wyldthang
New member Username: wyldthang Post Number: 43 Registered: 02-2006 |
I've been reading here just barely enough to begin to see the different subjects people like to write about. Was just curious if you all have consciously decided what subject(s) to focus on, thought about what you feel you "do" best, what you'd like to do well. Do you have an "agenda"? ideas you like to explore? You've probably figured out mine;0), and it's what I'm content to explore right now;0) | ||
| "A-Bear"
Moderator Username: dane Post Number: 1554 Registered: 11-1998 |
Presently, it's all I can do these days NOT to force a fart without staining my underwear, let alone, write something without making a mess of it too. I have no agenda, no muse, no desire and know nothing. Haven't written anything in months. Well, not worth sharing anyway. I don't consciously write about a particular subject. No obsessions either. Well, maybe one or two. Oh, and I never use poetic license to exaggerate the truth when I do write. I'll use a smidgen of it to tell a better story but not nearly enough. D, as in, El Dorado. I be gettin' on my bucking horse now and riding into the bucking sunset. *smile* Question: when Roy Rogers got into bed with Dale Evans, did you ever wonder if he wore his boots and cowboy hat? When in bed with Roy, wonder if Dale ever screamed,"Giddy up, Roy!" Just curious. Might be a poem in that. | ||
| Laurie Byro
Advanced Member Username: lauriette Post Number: 1522 Registered: 11-2003 |
haha I've been told I have a poetic vision, Mitchell calls me to say I am focused on a poetic vision that is quite lovely and I concentrate on this endeavor. Others, have not been as flattering, and Mitchell also says I write widely different poems but maintain my voice. Saying that, a bunch of nothing, I lean towards writing about (and was it Robert Frost who said "we write about what we don't know") what I mean is. I am influenced by things around me that happen outwardly, my brother's deaths, my mother and husband's alcoholism, my marrige, my struggle to remain faithful to a good man and FAITHFUL to myself, my love of nature. I observe outward as we all do and go INWARD. Some poets approach poetry from the outside think WCW (the red wheelbarrow) among others. Frost would approach it from the inside IMO. That's how I write, and damn, I'm terrible at literary crit and explanation, but if this helps. good for you good for me laurie | ||
| Gary Blankenship
Senior Member Username: garyb Post Number: 6647 Registered: 07-2001 |
this wee spot of land on the edge of a small city cats crows starlings dendelions getting old being young grandkids and other relatives nature zen garbage and a lot more Anything fair game, anthing else inspiration. Smiles. Gary A River Transformed The Dawg House December Fireweed | ||
| Rhonda Maltbie
Member Username: rondalyn Post Number: 97 Registered: 04-2005 |
I once put into a poem, "Be warned, anything you say and do will appear in a poem." Which pretty much sums it up for me, nothing is off limits.  Rhonda | ||
| Zephyr
Senior Member Username: zephyr Post Number: 3833 Registered: 07-2003 |
Life love death obe's nde's news the universe, sky,planets, scifi, snapshot ku that hit me in the eye, nature, birds wild flowers, pets, gardens poetry, poets, political/anti war, ghosts, myths,people, places, God, art, passion intuition, hope, inspiration, imagination, nothing excluded anything is fair game but I do tend towards the positive,I'm not your typical pale depressed poet! | ||
| Dale McLain
Advanced Member Username: sparklingseas Post Number: 1842 Registered: 11-2004 |
Though some might say I AM a pale, depressed poet, I swear I'm not. I write a lot about longing because it has been my life's companion. I am certain I was born with a restless soul or was given it by some mischievous fairy when I was a toddler. I write about my family, my ambiguity regarding my faith, nature sometimes, and the story of my little life. Though my words might seem cynical, I am embarrassingly hopeful. | ||
| ~M~
Board Administrator Username: mjm Post Number: 6613 Registered: 11-1998 |
Interesting question, wyldthang. For some, or me at least, I think people write about what currently looms large in their lives. Right now, I seem to be on this death poem kick. And rather than finding it morbid, I have been deriving some comfort from it. Perhaps we are drawn to write about that which we cannot explain or understand. They say writing is therapy -- I have found that to be very much the case. When not writing about death, I seem to concentrate on psychological poems (rather than nature, inanimate objects, etc.). I find the human condition endlessly fascinating. I try to focus on why we as humans do what we do, feel what we feel. This is one topic I will never tire of. Love, M | ||
| Ashley F Tyler
New member Username: age_of_aquarius Post Number: 33 Registered: 01-2006 |
I like to write, or should I say, feel inspired to write about lessons I've learned or points I've come to recognize. They usually have something to do with love. People always tell me that my writing is sophisticated, if a little dark and those who know me well find it funny; That someone with a personality like mine could write something dark. Maybe that's why I started writing in the first place! |
