Month: February 2013

Poetry

I Don’t Want to Be a Hypocrite

Laura

I love to write, but I am one of those people who are frozen, waiting for the ideas to come. I know there are stories trapped in this brain of mine; it’s just a matter of breaking them out. What feels like a paralyzing inability to come up with a good idea has kept me from writing for years. Because of this, I have felt like such a hypocrite because I teach high school English where we read amazing literature and constantly write.

Up until a few years ago, I never tried writing poetry. I thought my paralyzing thoughts of failure would be best be expressed in a poem. I don’t feel that I’m a great poet, but everything I do write is extremely heartfelt. I hope you enjoy this one. It’s short and not so sweet.

Hypocrite

My hands hover over the keyboard.

The ideas just don’t come to me.

This should be so easy.

I teach English for Pete’s sake!

I’m such a hypocrite.

Pressure builds in my chest

The screen is still empty.

This should be so easy

Because I teach English for Pete’s sake!

I’m such a hypocrite.

Just one idea.

I just want one idea.

This needs to be easy

Because I teach English,

And I don’t want to be a hypocrite.

My hands hover over the keyboard.

Still the ideas don’t come to me.

I know this should be so easy for me

Because I teach English.

My students will think I’m a hypocrite.

 

 

Story-Starter Sunday

Story-Starter Sunday

Laura

Sundays are great days to take time to write something new whether it be a short story, novel, or poem. For Story-Starter Sunday, I’m going to give you a sentence to begin your piece. If you feel comfortable posting your writing on your blog, please include the link to your piece in the comments section so others can see the different ideas. Here is your Story-Starter Sentence.

Melanie took a deep breath, allowed two more tears to fall, and spoke. 

The First Post

Overcoming My Ink Monster

Laura

I love writing. But I think I fall into the category of many people who want to write but are a little to shy to do it. Or we want to come up with new context before we write that amazing first piece that we share. Because of this, the story, poem, novel… whatever… never gets done or even started. I have an Ink Monster that needs to be overcome. This blog is my attempt at doing this. No more waiting for that perfect idea. No more fear of what others think. I won’t be able to please everyone, and I can only improve with practice.

This blog is a dedication to killing the monster that keeps me from inking up paper (or computers) with my writing. On here, I will publish some of my pieces, post writing prompts, and discuss my concerns about writing and overcoming writer’s block. Wish me luck!