I must risk writing badly If I am to write at all But what if nothing comes? No ideas big or small No dragons breathing fire Or knights in suits of steel No aliens or monsters No queens or spinning wheels To make a story out of nothing can seem an impossible feat How to coax a tale from thin air? Perhaps it’s time to admit defeat? Yet did you just imagine the very things that I wrote out? Perhaps the place to start are jots and scribbles without doubt Perhaps that’s where the story grows in strength as it unfurls Leaning into imagination as creativity twists and twirls Perhaps there is a magic in learning to let go In writing without thought until a trickle becomes a flow Until a rhyme begins to tickle coalescing centre stage What seemed impossible mere moments ago now clear upon the page
This is the magic of writing for me: some days I sit down with no idea what to write, but if I can let go of the little voice that’s telling me I may as well give up and just take the tiny, gargantuan step of putting fingers to keys, a poem can surprise me by materialising into existence, like this one did.
I wonder where they come from. Any ideas?
Rae Cod’s Writing 
I enjoy your imagination 😁
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Thanks John, that’s very kind of you to say 😊
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You’re very welcome! You make creative writing seem easy🙃
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Now that’s a compliment indeed 😊
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Any form of writing is betterer than no writing ..
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Agreed 🤣
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I actually think that we are simply radio receivers, and ideas are the radio waves of the universe. Sometimes we just tune in, and what comes out is us capturing the waves as they pass us by. Okay I’ll stop woo-wooing now.
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I love a bit of woo woo. This idea makes sense to me, I write best in the early hours of the morning and I think this is because I’m not distracted by the noise of the world and I’m able to catch a wave or two.
Thanks for your comment Stuart.
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“Until a rhyme becomes a tickle “…. that’s a great line. I think creative writing flows from a universal energy that we could all tap into if only we could just allow it to flow. I guess the quiet early hours of the morning help that process. You are well and truly tuned into that energy Rae.
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Thanks lovely 😊 That sounds about right to me. I’m grateful to be able to tune in at all, but I sometimes wish I could tap in at times other than 3am 😂x
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I wonder where poems come from too! It doesn’t feel like “I” write my poetry. It feels like they are communicated to me…by something more beautiful, powerful, and loving than I am. Or maybe some larger thing which I am only a part of…
Not sure where they come from, but it feels sacred to me.
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Couldn’t agree more, you put that so beautifully & succinctly 🙏
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