How have you been going this week? Have you had a chance to write something?
Here is this week’s recap of my Post It Note Poetry. You can also see the recaps for Week 1 and Week 2.
They are posted in reverse order (Sunday 22 Feb – Monday 9 Feb) and I’ve added in the inspiration behind each poem.
This week involved a lot of trawling through my notebook and pilfering half written ideas.
This poem was sparked by a random song lyric on the radio this morning on my way to playing drums at church this morning.
This poem came out of a line in my notebook about ourselves being a minotaur, a hybrid of the things we have created, and putting ourselves in a maze we created.
Another line from my notebook, sparked by one time when I was filling the ice cube tray. Sometimes I fill it cube by cube; other times I cascade the water until it is full. What does that say about my character?
No one remembers milk bars anymore; they are a relic of the past. I love watching the patterns made my shadows. Notebooks for the win for ideas.
Getting my wordy geek on. Finishing off a poem I was going to write last year (at about this time) as a longer exploration. Instead, the brevity worked better.
Another notebook find. I’m not happy with the end section of this poem; it is inconsistent with the first part.
I do not remember how this one came about as it was not an idea I took from my notebook. A photograph is, for me, a snapshot of one moment, one experience. It serves as a reminder of what was, but doesn’t speak of what will be.
Final Note
For the last week of the official Post It Note Poetry season, I thought I’d go for a remix week. I will take a line from the previous day’s poem as the basis for the next poem. Starting Monday I will write a new poem, and Tuesday will be the first remix.
A Fullness in Brevity - Adam Byatt 