It's a dry spell in the kj universe. I haven't sat at my trusty desk for more than 15 minutes at a time. My Mom is happily in a nearby nursing home doing slow motion rehab, summer is giving way to the bronzes of fall, a publisher has asked me to tighten up my book pitch and is still interested (yay), I miss my best friend, and I haven't quite caught my breath.
Perhaps I've posted this little poem already. If so, hey, here it is again. Poetry is the easiest form of writing for me. Self-help books are the hardest. My favorite of all is the short story of Izzy and Casey, yet unfinished and that's fine with me.
Happy weekend!
Enough
I’ll be damned
My head is crammed
With thoughts of flying
Crying
Drying
Eyeing
Lying
Prying
Sighing
Spying
Tying
Vying
And maybe even
Applying
Allying
Decrying
Defying
Denying
Retrying
Supplying
Undying
And even possibly
Semidrying
Catalog buying
Instrument flying
And forever trying
Perhaps I've posted this little poem already. If so, hey, here it is again. Poetry is the easiest form of writing for me. Self-help books are the hardest. My favorite of all is the short story of Izzy and Casey, yet unfinished and that's fine with me.
Happy weekend!
Enough
I’ll be damned
My head is crammed
With thoughts of flying
Crying
Drying
Eyeing
Lying
Prying
Sighing
Spying
Tying
Vying
And maybe even
Applying
Allying
Decrying
Defying
Denying
Retrying
Supplying
Undying
And even possibly
Semidrying
Catalog buying
Instrument flying
And forever trying
Forever trying.
ReplyDeleteWhen does one stop trying?
Is it a good thing to stop trying?
I'll think about that.
I'll try to have a good weekend now.
My dearest friend
ReplyDeleteThe following I will tend:
Don't stop trying
And don't be denying
The great writer inside
That still sometimes try to hide.
You have a lot to offer
From within your boundless coffer
It's a matter of time
And it won't just be the dime
But the greatest satisfaction
That you will receive from your action
And then fame
Attached to your beautiful name
So keep on riding
Time won’t be biding
The great forces
Are like horses
When it’s time to go
Ready you must be so.
As for your friendship:
You are a treasure
By any measure.
It’s has been my pleasure to leave this comment
On my visits to your blog at any moment
I wish you well
And I hope the end is near for your dry spell!
Oh I can't wait for the story of Casey and Izzy
ReplyDeleteI know it's not easy
To write about someone
And then another one
Who throws you off for a loop
Because she is a fruit loop.
What a tart
Oh, ---- (should I say it?)
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ReplyDeleteHiya Dahrlin!
ReplyDeleteWhat's going on here?
Everybody's rhyming?
Am I expected to do the same?
I cain't do it.
And I ain't gonna do it.
I think rhyming is silly
Have some moonshine.
It will knock the dry spell out of ya
And you will start dancing
The way they do during Saturnalia
Then you'll be Dione's guest and mine.
KJ:
ReplyDeleteFascinating
Interesting
Intoxicating
Addicting
Inspiring
Thinking
Blogging
Friend
Keep on doing!
I do not have much to say because I am just a rabbit but I know you are the kindest, most loving person I know and I think that you too will give me a bath every week and let me sit on your lap.
ReplyDeletefoever trying....
ReplyDeleteclink!
A calm day is a good day.
ReplyDeleteI love instrument flying! So much of life can be that ... "I'm not sure how to drive this thing, so here goes!" :) Counting down to Oct ...
ReplyDeleteRemember to breathe, and best wishes on the book!
ReplyDeleteIt was sunny today :)
ReplyDeletepieterbie, i don't think one should stop trying. the resting comes from accepting the result.
ReplyDeleteces, what a fantastic poem. the feeling is totally mutual.
isabella, you will love casey and izzy...
snowflake, yes, i would be your adoptive family if ever needed...
singleton, clink!
joy, yes. yes. yes.
melissa, do you think it matters whether or not the navigation tools work?! oct--oooooh.
lavender, sage advice. thank you.
anon, sunny at the mortuary? haha
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ReplyDeleteGood luck with the book and the catalog buying...
ReplyDeleteI'm your writing opposite. Give me self-help books any day. Why not write a self-help book on writing poetry? Could be a best-seller.
ReplyDeleteThat is so wise, KJ!
ReplyDelete:-)
ReplyDeleteWander