It’s like fishing. If you don’t drop your line in the water you’ll never catch anything.
Hearing the George Harrison song still brings me back to that moment in time.
I find James Tate’s poetry utterly inspiring. It inspires me to not be so uptight, to cut loose sometimes. If I find myself getting all serious and bogged down, I just crack open one of his books (any will do) and start reading.
If I did build myself a writing space, the most important piece would be a soft place to land for my most helpful writing partner, my sweet dog who is referenced in the poem contributed to this issue.
I was given the advice early on as a young writer to “do anything else if I could” and “only pursue writing if I absolutely had to.” I think that’s terrible advice, even though I did feel like I had to. Woe to me (and everyone around me) if I’m not writing.