Writer's Roadmap: Making Adjustments + Published Poetry
Writer's Roadmap: Making Adjustments + Published PoetryHey Alexa... Play "The Intro About Nothing" by Wale & Usher.I’m gonna post every two weeks now. There. I said it. Sorry to those who liked the weekly format but let’s all be honest—the last few posts have been lacking due to my ongoing struggle with idea drought. And aside from that and the fact that work’s been on my ass lately with all these deadlines, it seems to me that a sad suspicion of mine has come to fruition and has been reflecting in those recent posts. That is to say that I’ve just started to feel like this Substack thing has finally begun to feel like work on the weekends (which is a good and a bad thing to me—let me explain). What I would like to do in the future requires a bit of time to properly plan, draft, and edit to competent decency—think about those wild writing project from last year like the rewrite projects. However, because those projects would most likely be rather lengthy, I need time to let things respire. It’s a bit annoying but it’s a necessary part of the writing process, thus why I’m letting y’all know that those big posts will require extra processing time effective immediately. I’ll let you all know beforehand that the first of many projects will be light but I’m sure it will be interesting to many audiences. Anyway, go ahead and tell your parents, your friends, and your pets about the new schedule (this is not a joke, I’m trying to increase viewership). That’s pretty much all I’ve got to say about the matter; call it burnout or something else but I’m making adjustments to try and remedy that issue. Other than that, please enjoy some of poems and the playlist below (yeah, I don’t know; it’s snowing where I’m at right now).
Reasons to Be AloneAs seen in Brave Voices Magazine. 1) Trips to the grocery are cheaper (half the price). 2) Self-checkouts in stores make life a lot easier (half the time). 3) Folding laundry takes less time (see reason 2). 4) You decide what happens whenever. 5) Wandering eyes no longer yield consequences. 6) No more three-and-a-half-hour-long drives to be cute with a stranger. 7) Impressing friends, parents, and pets is no longer an issue. 8) Full access to bedroom blankets and comforters is now available. 9) There’s zero chance of someone letting you down (only pallbearers and the truth can do that now). 10) After a while, your head becomes echoey (and that quiet is dangerous). 11) You get to hear your thoughts in mono (short for monarch). 12) Hobbies belong to you and only you. 13) Judgmental stares during holiday parties build character (supposedly (maybe (definitely))). 14) Personal mortality is significantly reduced (according to statistics). 15) Screaming offspring can’t drain you (take a deep breath now). 16) Midnight bourbons feel much stiffer. 17) Checking out in any context happens effortlessly. 18) Heartaches now come from poor diet. 19) Affronts to the divine only disturb the neighbors (on occasion). 20) Poetry starts to make sense to you. 21) Your brain sets itself on fire more than usual, and 22) You can watch it all go down by watching your reflection. 23) Your sad face and fat lips become clearer. 24) So do your gut, hips, and thighs. 25) Retrospective thinking becomes more objective than before. 26) It also becomes more contorted. 27) You wonder why they picked you in the first place 28) Only to leave you and 29) Checking out becomes easier. Brand New MirrorAs seen in Next Page Ink. Long has it been since I’d last spoke, seen, and thought of you. I can say the same about the salts, the sips, and the times when my eyes burned as we smiled into the sky, searching for someone, something to save us. It’s a coincidence that we meet within this solitary room like we used to. Do you recall when we followed— studied—the spinning of the ceiling fan? Do you still wish to fly? To have that feeling of foreign sensation of warmth absent beneath your toes? Because as I grew up, I outgrew those mirages in the dark and gave up on calling for saviors. So forgive me for not wanting to fly— the steady carpet beneath my feet feels just fine nowadays. Salmon HeadAs Seen in Next Page Ink. Take this pain of mine of heart and mind a thought I abdicate as I wander the wild alone. Looking up to familiar stars, remaining still in a nest next to robin eggs, whispering childhood tunes into the hearts of willow trees that we once knew, or descending like an eager autumn leaf because of a memory— these yearnings in my mind haunt me. I ask the echoes of a dampened cave if it fears what lies in its darkness and if it would follow a voice halfway into its dwelling. But not a single foot is set forward and the puddles at the mouth remain still as I wonder what lies beyond that veil. Thank you for reading this edition of The Morning Owl. If you liked what you saw here, please leave a like, subscribe, leave a comment, and share this newsletter. Until we meet again, do take care. If you liked this post from The Morning Owl, why not share it? |
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Hey Alexa... Play "Temptation Sensation" by Heinz Kiessling.
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