Why write a song about love? Perhaps, a lyricist wants to, needs to write about their own lived experience of love gained, love lost, or love desired. But, how best to express their thoughts and feelings in a beautifully moving way? Perhaps, the lyricist knows there is no better way of tugging on the heart…
And Like
Like too many likes:Too many ums andOther noise-fillersDetract attention fromWhat you want to say. So too, repeatingThe same word withoutSpecific reasonDetracts from theAim of the written word. Copyright JBouwman 2022
Writer’s Block
Mind blank, bereft of thoughts let alone words. Time for imaginative mind-play. Time to observe my surroundings. To my left are long, elongated ceiling-to-floor windows. Devoid of curtains or vertical blinds, the insipid winter daylight barely lights the city hotel’s conference room. But what if: It is a clear and cold winter’s night. The full…
The Writer’s Way
Thoughts race aroundAnd swirl. Nearby,The Inner CriticLurks at the readyTo sow seeds ofSelf-doubt. NeverResting, ever readyTo stymie theFlow of words.‘But what if you fail?’Says the InnerCritic, stirringFamiliar feelingsOf fear and doubt. Done and dustedIs the InnerCritic’s job whenThe creative flowSlows to a full stop. But despair morphsInto delight whenListening to theInner Child whisper:‘Want to play?’…
For Sanity’s Sake
Sometimes, poetry captures the spirit of what you want to say better than prose… For Sanity’s Sake Never you mind‘All work, no play’:Play is yourSanity’s friend. Never you mindThat fallacy:All toil, no funMeans work done: not so. Never you mindThese myths becauseYour brain needs restAnd diversion. Whimsy, humour,Fun and hobbiesRests your brainFor productive toil. Copyright…
Sapphire Muse 