Introduction
I love to read a well written poem, novel or news report.
I appreciate the wonder and power of the written word.
I approached the prompt timidly as a learning process and a way of improving my writing and it's style.
Your Submission
Small Steps
Small steps
one day.
Will begin with
long strides.
Steps once taken
by a baby.
Now strides
of an old man.
A seed is planted
to one day stand a tall oak.
Like a dream
becoming reality.
A Warm Summer
A warm summer
breeze blows through your hair.
Then changes into a gale
slapping at your face.
Pleasant thoughts of another
become a kind, good deed.
Feelings and beliefs
grow slowly into bold action.
An idea forms
into soft words.
Sung so brilliantly
in a love song.
Affection becomes passion
which grows into
a smile shared
to be shared a lifetime.
A gesture of kindness
nurtures forth a good habit.
Devotion becomes
love and compassion.
Lessons Learned
- Write as if you were speaking to a loved one.
- Easy, slow -- simple words with hidden meanings.
- draw pictures with your pen and ink in words . . . instead with a brush on it easel.
- do research.. to describe a horse one should perhaps first visit a stable. likewise with a beach . . . get sand between you toes, than describe the feeling . . . the summer breeze that blew though your hair.
- have respect for your reader and make their time with you well worth it.
- try to make them turn the page.. or at least read on.
- be thankful that someone is reading what you have written.