The reason my poems are called “Life-Built Poems” is because I use everything I encounter as a “foundation” to construct them – any idea, any feeling, any life event or change can end up as a poem. The “materials” list for poetry construction includes tears, joy, rage and every emotion your heart and body can feel as well as every thought your mind can think, no matter how “politically incorrect” or whatever the latest bugaboo thing the Mind Police has…
Everybody says it. It’s probably even true: “Writers write.” They write because they can’t NOT write. The whole not-writing thing is unsatisfactory. They feel unsettled if they don’t capture the thoughts they think somehow…. And the best thing about writing, of course, is having written. Then you can go do other things. So…you want to be a Writer? Write. Every day. Write. You don’t have to use high-falutin’ words. You can make lists. You can make notes to yourself or…
I am one of those poets Life built: I have no “creds” as a poet, but I do know that making a certain type of poem helped me keep my head straight through a number of karmic dust storms that blew away the world as I knew and liked it. I guess you could call it home-grown, dirt-cheap psychotherapy. All you really need to do it is paper, a pencil or a pen, and an awareness of the need to…