![]() This month is National Poetry Writing Month. A generous soul has been posting daily writing prompts to encourage people to write a poem-a-day for the entire month of April, a practice I’m finding to be inspiring. I usually balk at multi-day challenges like this because they feel like a lot of pressure. But this time, two ingredients have helped me stay the course (for the first 5 days, anyway). These two ingredients are 1) creative community, and 2) permission to be imperfect. I belong to a small Facebook community where we share our imperfectly-drafted poems and reflect back resonant read-back lines* to each other in the comments. Having my writing tended to in this way generates fuel to keep going. As a writer, knowing my words have touched someone – even in a small way – makes my day! So today I would like to step into a larger public container and share a product of one of my imperfect poetic drafts with you. The prompt was to write a poem that takes its inspiration from the idea of heirloom seeds, and there's a question for you at the end! Heirloom Original, from source. genetically un-modified, a carrier of lineage. this is a word that describes itself: an heir to something woven with care; a product of nature, non-commercial, passed down through generations. I listen to this seed. I hear the energy inside, pulsing, vibrating, humming with a desire to find earthy expression to translate what is pure and eternal into something tangible. It plants a question inside of me, What does the heirloom version of your life look like? As I read these words, I realize they speak to one of my core values as a writer and facilitator of authentic voice and healing: Creativity is an essential life force. And I fully believe in the human capacity to experience abundant, creative flow. Go outside and feel it! The natural world is rich with creative, poetic fuel. And so, today I invite you to ask yourself this question, too. What does the heirloom version of your life look like? I'd love to read your response in the comments below. I also welcome you to share with me in a private message. Your words matter! - - - - - - - - - - - *Read-back lines are tool from Women Writing for (a) Change: A Guide for Creative Transformation, written by one of my mentors, Mary Pierce Brosmer. |
Kim Evans,
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