I first wrote poetry as the only response I could manage out of a broken heart just after I turned twenty. Gosh that's how some terrible country songs are written but also exquisite ones as well. I didn't know it was bad poetry until I took a course with MFA poets, and realized all poetry I had written or would write would probably be bad poetry, so I stopped. Didn't you always have a that little twinge of distaste when that kid at school would say--"hey, would you like to read my poetry?"
Despite all of that, in the face of the inner critic and lack of credentials, I still love poetry. It still comes from a place of depth, passion, and longing. A place where the love of words and images meets almost song. Now many years after my time at sea, I can still feel the sway of the boat as I wrote several of the poems of my past. As I talk about my love of the color blue, I am back at sea, swaying in the dark, listening to the waves, moved by the moon, and drinking in the blue.
I love blue
I love blue in patches
In lines
I love blue in the sky
Blue in the water
Blue as the sky meets water
I love the blue black
Of the rock at twilight
Of the shadow made by the rock at twilight
Deepening from light blue to dark blue
Shimmering scales of the iridescent moon
Shining on the sea at night
Pearl color on the glimmering ocean
Despite all of that, in the face of the inner critic and lack of credentials, I still love poetry. It still comes from a place of depth, passion, and longing. A place where the love of words and images meets almost song. Now many years after my time at sea, I can still feel the sway of the boat as I wrote several of the poems of my past. As I talk about my love of the color blue, I am back at sea, swaying in the dark, listening to the waves, moved by the moon, and drinking in the blue.
I love blue
I love blue in patches
In lines
I love blue in the sky
Blue in the water
Blue as the sky meets water
I love the blue black
Of the rock at twilight
Of the shadow made by the rock at twilight
Deepening from light blue to dark blue
Shimmering scales of the iridescent moon
Shining on the sea at night
Pearl color on the glimmering ocean