Writing Is ©Dawn Minott |a Quatrain-Senryu

On By Dawn MinottIn Poetry

Before-word: One of the first pieces I wrote for this blog was “Why I Write”. It speaks about the power of the written word. We shift and grow and though the written words remain as they were first written, they take on different meanings as we look back at them through the lens of our shifting and growing.

This poem came from reflecting on my why for writing. I transformed my initial “Why I Write” essay into a poem—“Writing Is”—combining a quatrain and a senryu.

Writing Is

Writing is the air to creativity’s wondering
In the stroke of words imagination go flying
Ideas once dormant take their place among the living
Expressed in a symphony of thoughts now revealing

Writing is the oxygen to fire’s flaming
Fuels the mind, confined thoughts unlocking
Thoughts mixed with emotions dancing
A delicate step-by-step word-to-word igniting

Writing is the needle point to tapestry creating
Starting from just one single word expressing
To a collection of words stitched together stories revealing
Whether prose or poetry, expressed ideas weaving

Writing is the spark of inspiration
stimulating
Giving voice to ideas imagination unveiling
Whispers soul secrets from the deepest parts revealing
Tales that long await words for the unveiling

Writing is the breath to creative spaces filling
A sanctum divine imagination transcending
The rhythm and rhyme of words unfolding
Symphonies’ hearts, once held in words, now singing

Writing is my soul
Words alive, flow through my veins
Ink spills my essence

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In creative solidarity, Dee

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