
Tomorrow I will publish a podcast at Jenny Knipfer–Author Podcasts about my imagination process when I write, so I wanted to link a similar theme here on my blog. My interview with Sarah Letourneau in my post last week inspired me to write a poem about imagination and crafting characters for a story . . .
And I Write . . .
I listen
Voices whisper their story
Word by word
Louder until
My inner ear presses against a character’s lips
Words become paragraphs
And then pages
And I write
I ask
Who speaks
Who are you
What do you want
What or who gets in your way
Tell me
I must know
And I write
I cry and laugh
Their joy rings in me
Their sorrow burdens me
Their love burns within me
And their pain becomes mine
And I write
I describe
As if for the blind
My senses registering their’s on the page
Touching a world almost as real as mine
Smelling the fragrance of life
And the stench of decay
And I write
I see
Sunsets
New daws
Vivid colors
And shadows
The work of God’s hands
And the work of man’s
And I write
I record a story that is my own
And yet not my own
A story begging to be told
Their drama pours forth
Through my imagination
To my fingertips
And I write
God-like
I hold life
Death
And everything
In between
Within my grasp
And I write
Your Amazing!
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