tim's Bits and Pieces - 35. What I Leave

There are likes and loves, and sad tears, too. Yet there are no combinations of all these. What you have written here makes me nod in agreement: how do we learn to trust our own voices? Later, you make me want to reach out in embrace. Thank you. 

Stunning beautiful. I'm posting before coffee here, but that is how I describe these pieces you wrote. There can be beauty even in the darkest of places, and those are the parts one should grasp on to and thole*. For instance, in your last piece, you talk about hope and joy. Yes, it may only last for a day, or a week, but you have it. That is the beauty, that I see.

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And for those who have asked why I chose not to write for NaPoWriMo, it is because i've found rather than it being a good thing for prose (possibly), for poetry it is not. Poetry should not be a job, it should not be forced from the poet like so much squeezey cheese from a tube. What comes out is usually not worth tasting or reading, as the case may be. Poetry is like fine wine, it should be written with love, and not because 'I need to write one for today'.

And sorry to clog your comments, but I totally agree with this. The same can be said of Prose for NaNoWriMo. I tried it and stopped after a week. It became a "second job" as they say. Prose of any length should not feel rushed.

7 hours ago, BHopper2 said:

And sorry to clog your comments, but I totally agree with this. The same can be said of Prose for NaNoWriMo. I tried it and stopped after a week. It became a "second job" as they say. Prose of any length should not feel rushed.

No worries. I did it for 3 years ... out of 90 poems.. there maybe 4 or 5 that are worth anything. The rest were written because i had to write something. There was little joy in it, just lots of pressure to get something out.  I don't write my stories that way and poetry, if you are any kind of a poet, should not be written that way either. That's my opinion, of course.   Yeah, NaNoWriMo ... that's 50k words?  Never gonna happen for me.. ever. I just do not have the time. Trying that would just be a prescription for failure. Why set yourself up for that on purpose? I know there are people who it works for, but not for me.

12 minutes ago, Mikiesboy said:

No worries. I did it for 3 years ... out 90 poems.. there maybe 4 or 5 that are worth anything. The rest were written because i had to write something. There was little joy in it, just lots of pressure to get something out.  It don't write my stories that way and poetry, if you are any kind of a poet, should not be written that way either. That's my opinion, of course.   Yeah, NaNoWriMo ... that's 50k words?  Never gonna happen for me.. ever. I just do not have the time. Trying that would just be a prescription for failure. Why set yourself up for that on purpose? I know there are people who it works for, but not for me.

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Agree. I tried NaNoWriMo once, full of hope and enthusiasm and then my mother got sick and died within that November. My "novel" turned into a heartbreaking journal/diary. At least it was therapeutic. (And don't worry, I don't write in English...) 

I love your poems, it is a rare gift to touch people so deep as you do. I'm so grateful to be able to read your work 

7 minutes ago, Kapucinski said:

Agree. I tried NaNoWriMo once, full of hope and enthusiasm and then my mother got sick and died within that November. My "novel" turned into a heartbreaking journal/diary. At least it was therapeutic. (And don't worry, I don't write in English...) 

I love your poems, it is a rare gift to touch people so deep as you do. I'm so grateful to be able to read your work 

I am glad it had some meaning for you.  I am very sorry about your mother ... it is hard, i know. xoxo

Thank you, i appreciate you reading my poetry very much. xoxo

These are beautiful, tim. Trusting our own voice is difficult at times, but even when it leads to the wrong road, there's always another turn up ahead. The second one has strong meaning to me. You've paid your debt to the spectors and monsters and they owe you a refund. You are a wonderfully gifted poet

Well said. my friend.................Simply beautiful...................Mike

11 hours ago, Parker Owens said:

There are likes and loves, and sad tears, too. Yet there are no combinations of all these. What you have written here makes me nod in agreement: how do we learn to trust our own voices? Later, you make me want to reach out in embrace. Thank you. 

Thanks Parker. Not too many tears i hope ..

Love you, boy. 

your poetry sings, always, no matter the subject matter, whether harsh or sweet.  

On 4/12/2019 at 7:48 AM, BHopper2 said:

Stunning beautiful. I'm posting before coffee here, but that is how I describe these pieces you wrote. There can be beauty even in the darkest of places, and those are the parts one should grasp on to and thole*. For instance, in your last piece, you talk about hope and joy. Yes, it may only last for a day, or a week, but you have it. That is the beauty, that I see.

 

*Woot! A chance for the word of the day!

You're right.. i never really think of the dark being beautiful.. Thanks very much, A.

8 hours ago, Reader1810 said:

I can’t remember your exact words or where you said them, but your explanation for why you ending your participation in NaNo WriMo made a lot of sense at the time, that much I do remember. 

As for what is remembered when one is gone? For you specifically, tim, just one of the things I will remember you as is the guy who got me liking poetry. And trust me, that was no easy feat. 

 

Thanks Reader xo 

6 hours ago, WolfM said:

These are beautiful, tim. Trusting our own voice is difficult at times, but even when it leads to the wrong road, there's always another turn up ahead. The second one has strong meaning to me. You've paid your debt to the spectors and monsters and they owe you a refund. You are a wonderfully gifted poet

Thank You, Wolfie. they owe us both.. thank You for reading xo

3 hours ago, flamingo136 said:

Well said. my friend.................Simply beautiful...................Mike

Thank you, Mike .. much appreciated xo

4 minutes ago, MacGreg said:

Love you, boy. 

your poetry sings, always, no matter the subject matter, whether harsh or sweet.  

Love You, too, Sir.

thank You for reading and your comments, Sir ... just thinking about stuff ..xoxo

These are sad but beautiful and touching. There will always be someone who will love you, boy, who will dry your tears and hold you.  I hope it will be me for a long time to come. 

4 minutes ago, MichaelS36 said:

These are sad but beautiful and touching. There will always be someone who will love you, boy, who will dry your tears and hold you.  I hope it will be me for a long time to come. 

xo Yes, Sir xo

there are so many things about you that i admire

very high on that list is how you do this. take the emotion, the pain, all of that darkness and through some kind of alchemy turn it into these beautiful words. words that affect the people who read them.  i know that most of these do not come easy, that you labor over them, letting them age, mature, and mellow; that you fish for that perfect word, the one with just the right flavor, tone and feeling. i will always treasure the gift that they are, from you to all of us.

2 hours ago, Mikiesboy said:

You're right.. i never really thing of the dark being beautiful.. Thanks very much, A.

When you live in the darkness, you have search for the beauty. Sometimes it's easy. Just look up at the stars.

44 minutes ago, mollyhousemouse said:

there are so many things about you that i admire

very high on that list is how you do this. take the emotion, the pain, all of that darkness and through some kind of alchemy turn it into these beautiful words. words that affect the people who read them.  i know that most of these do not come easy, that you labor over them, letting them age, mature, and mellow; that you fish for that perfect word, the one with just the right flavor, tone and feeling. i will always treasure the gift that they are, from you to all of us.

 

thank you, molly xo

Moving poems. Sad to know you feel these ways, but your ability to connect with those around you via your poetry is a true gift. Use it. Keep talking to you, to yourself, to those shadows who whisper angry things to you -- f-them. Your words are better than anything any doubt can ever utter. Hugs