A few months back I was selected to participate in Tupelo Press’ 30/30 poetry project. All I would need to do was write a poem each day for thirty days and assist in a small amount of fundraising. Tasks always seem so much easier before you must do them. How much work could it be to write a new poem each day for thirty days? Esther writes a poem a day. She has been doing it for years. She posts her daily poems on her wonderful Substack called, “Overheard,” If you’re not a subscriber, you ought to be. I do not write a poem a day. I don’t think I have ever written a poem a day. Sometimes I don’t write a poem for several weeks. Revising takes even longer. But I agreed to write a poem each day for the month of March 2024.
What a pleasure it has been to watch you explore and experiment this month! We have all so enjoyed your participation, and we are grateful for the kind generosity of your community! Those donations will live in every book we publish this year!
For me, the secret to writing, is to see what's going on right in front of me RIGHT NOW. These events might be all happening in my head or out in the real world. Waiting around for inspiration or something "interesting" to come by is a recipe for paralysis.
I love your poems. Here and everywhere.
What a pleasure it has been to watch you explore and experiment this month! We have all so enjoyed your participation, and we are grateful for the kind generosity of your community! Those donations will live in every book we publish this year!
For me, the secret to writing, is to see what's going on right in front of me RIGHT NOW. These events might be all happening in my head or out in the real world. Waiting around for inspiration or something "interesting" to come by is a recipe for paralysis.
Thank you
Oh, Liz, I am so flattered. Thank you.
Hamantashen is plural; just sayin'. I am a fan.
You are such a good writer! I love reading everything you write.