 Two poems drafted this morning: "Honeysuckle" and "Small Self-Portrait." The first poem came after taking a bike ride yesterday and seeing honeysuckle everywhere. Also, I had a brief but troubling encounter with a "fugitive" man who struck up a conversation with me in the park. The second poem, "Small Self-Portrait," is about 8 lines long and I wrote it mainly to fill up the rest of the page in my notebook. Some Stats Writing: 291 poems written since 3-19-20. Probably about 35-40 typed and submitted. Submitting: 45 submissions. 16 rejections. 0 acceptances. 9 tiered rejections. 7 standard. Geeze, Daniel, no acceptances? I thought you were good at this! Well, I'm only submitting to the toughest markets right now by design, so you know how that goes... Since May 3rd, I've been getting up at 4 a.m. each day to work on poems and I'm determined to write a poem each day, type up a draft each day, and make a submission each day. I'm interested to see what comes of this push, foremost in terms of whether or not it seems to make my poems better. I've been feeling inspired lately and I want to make the most of the creative energy while its available! I'm also working on some music tracks and prose pieces that I hope to release and/or publish soon. Meanwhile, I'll probably post more blog entries like this one, just keeping a tally of my trek. Once my energy is expended, I'll almost certainly go back to tips and reviews... I'm seeing good work out there on social media and in the literary journals and 'zines. Keep it up! It's deeply inspiring. Meanwhile if you want another set of eyes and ears for your work, hit me up through one of the buttons below. The editing and critiquing services have been working out extremely well. I've had absolutely zero complaints or dissatisfied customers and have dealt with scores of individual poems. So far, I've heard nothing but enthusiastic praise and many poets have become repeat customers. If you want some help, just click one of the buttons below! Categories All
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5/13/2023 08:58:25 am
The similarities are a bit uncanny, but perhaps it’s the routine of many poets. Lord knows why, but “planned writing time” went out the window months ago when, no matter WHAT time I awoke (2:30 a.m., 4:00 a.m.), the morning’s poem calmly began composing itself in my head. Did I say calmly? Ha! “I’m too exhausted” and “Not right now, PLEASE” are not an option. Rude poetry, if you ask me. And keep ‘em coming, right? Not to mention the songs + new fingertip calluses stumbling around on silk-and-steel strings. And the edit/polish conversations I’ve enjoyed giving out. See? Same home planet or something. Best of luck, Daniel. 5/13/2023 09:39:53 am
B. Lynne Zika,
Daniel Blackston
5/13/2023 10:11:44 am
Also -- I like the same home planet idea -- and really hope my poems keep coming for months. I'd say you're touching true inspiration there -- let 'em roll! :-) Leave a Reply. |
