Sunday, September 09, 2007

Attending Class

I'm taking a writing class which happened to start with poetry......something that has inspired me from time to time.......of course with totally fractured rules, etc. I just wrote in verse (or worse) because I liked the "sound" of it. The following two "poems" are an assignment on writing. I had "Death Trap" up online and have eliminated it and changed it with "Triple-X Rated" instead. I like the class but am finding it difficult to get everything done at home and read the assignments.......there's always time for writing......this has given me a NEW appreciation for women who attend classes AND work AND are raising children.

Morning Performance

The sunlight streaming through the trees
on the east side of the lake
Reveals the morning foggy sprites
Rising from the water
to create
the Ballet of Misty Dancers
Floating across their liquid stage
I, in cottage dry and warm
Enjoy their short-lived soiree
'til Sun burns them from the scene
for encore another day.

Triple X-Rated

To master use of written verse
and Know effects that can be made
One must be willing to eXplore
Senses deep within.

Words flow from within that place
Uncommon phrases emerge
For eXperiences residing there
Can Touch another’s Heart.

Writing from those spaces where
You go because you’re called
The muse allows you eXpression of
Things essential to your soul.