Pilgrimage

From small realms
and careful orbits
we journey home
unburdened and bootless
defiant and ready
to fell the gathering ghosts.

I mentioned I’ve been kinda sorta doing Camp NaNoWriMo? Only I’m not writing a book or anything too taxing. Instead, I’m trying to make myself write just one tiny poem a day. Sometimes I miss a day and have to do two the next day. However it works out, I want to have 30 little poems at the end of the month. This is not something I’m at all good at. I’ve read a hundred books on harnessing and maintaining creative motivation, and mostly they are all useless. The one exception was Susan Wooldrige’s Poemcrazy. In it, she recommends writing words on pieces of paper or cardstock and placing them in a container. When you need inspiration, draw a few words from the container and start writing.

This? This works for me. My little box of words sits on my coffee table. Last night’s inspiration was “orbits” and “bootless.”