Writing - March 2022

[smallhobbit]

This is clearly not going to be a year when I write a lot.  This month will probably be just over 7K, meaning about 27K for the year so far, and if I continue at the same rate this will be just over 100K for the year, well below my goal of 135K.  I'm not sure how I feel about that.  I've always enjoyed writing, but at the moment I don't seem to have much in the way of inspiration.

I've written drabbles/ficlets for holmes_minor , watsons_woes , drabble_zone and 100words plus short fics for the three challenges on fan_flashworks .  And even ficlet_zone didn't provide me with many words, although Daydream Believer was fun to write. (Another ficlet, ACD Holmes).

I'm currently writing my Stage of Fools exchange fic, which I should finish this week - it just lacks the final scene, plus comma re-arrangement.

So, failing anything else, I'm sharing a poem I wrote as part of a short online course on poetry.  We had to take a poem written by John Keats 'Bright star, would I were as stedfast as thou art' and write a new poem ensuring that the word ending each line of our new poem was the same as that of the Keats' one.

Black cat, were I as confident in my art
  As you are when wandering in the night
Your confidence and my doubt set us apart
  For I guard my outpouring as an Eremite
My writing is a very hidden task
  And your song would reach abroad to farthest shores
As you assail your female friend of whitest mask
  In sounds which would frighten the fiercest Moors
You’re sure you’re welcome, confidence unchangeable
  While I in throes of doubt beat at my breast
The volume of your song does swell and swell
  But my words written lead me to much unrest
You share your song with all who take a breath
  My poems remain with me until my death

Comments

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

I am very impressed with your poem! It's lovely. I am sorry that your words aren't as many as before, but I am enjoying what you do create.

[smallhobbit]

Thank you very much - I'm delighted you like my poem. It seems strange not having that much to write, but on the plus side, I am finding other things to do!

[friendofthejabberwock]

Huh, that sounds like an interesting writing exercise! I'll have to keep that in mind. The poem is lovely.

[smallhobbit]

Thank you. It is an interesting exercise and quite challenging, so good practice.

[badly_knitted]

I really enjoyed your poem!

[smallhobbit]

Thank you very much :)

[debriswoman]

Impressive poetry, and a very reasonable number of words written:-)

[smallhobbit]

Thank you very much.

[rusty_armour]

Apologies for the late comment. I'd be thrilled if I could reach the kind of word counts you manage! Saying that, I don't have as much free time to write anymore and I'm a slow writer at the best of times. Anywaaaaay, I think you should be proud of your word counts and all of your writing accomplishments.

Speaking of accomplishments, I love the poetry exercise from your online poetry course. It really ensures that you use language creatively and probably takes a poem in directions that it wouldn't have necessarily gone in originally. You've written a beautiful poem as a result of this exercise.

[smallhobbit]

Thank you. I do have the time, even if I'm doing more crafting, but there seems to be less inspiration, or at any rate, less things which grab me that I want to write them. I'm delighted you liked the poetry exercise. The course certainly gave me some things to think about regarding different poetic forms.