Saturday, August 25, 2007

SHORT AND SEMI-SWEET

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

18 comments:

  1. Forever trying.
    When 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.

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  2. My dearest friend
    The 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!

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  3. Oh I can't wait for the story of Casey and Izzy
    I 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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  5. Hiya Dahrlin!
    What'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.

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  6. KJ:
    Fascinating
    Interesting
    Intoxicating
    Addicting
    Inspiring
    Thinking
    Blogging
    Friend
    Keep on doing!

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  7. 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.

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  8. I 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 ...

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  9. Remember to breathe, and best wishes on the book!

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  10. pieterbie, i don't think one should stop trying. the resting comes from accepting the result.

    ces, 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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  12. Good luck with the book and the catalog buying...

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  13. I'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.

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