Here's a little run down:
- write a poem every day in April
- starting a new [old] job
- finalizing other works that I finished last December
- basically getting my life back together in general
Let's just focus on the first thing! [write a poem every day of April]
I found last year around summer time. Since April is National/ Global Poetry Month there was a challenge that was made up. The challenge is to write one poem a day for the entire month. When I first heard about this I was immediately intrigued. I, first of all, love to write, and even more so, I love to write poetry. Poetry has always had a special place in my heart. It was the first thing that got me into writing in the first place. I found so many different sites and blogs and just different ways to find other people because of poetry. All because of this one form of art, my life was completely changed and my heart was dead set on its new love and passion. I was not only interested in this because I had this great big love for poetry, but also because I have been distancing myself from poetry itself.
I have been straying away from the art form for many reasons. The two main ones are that I have been trying to dive into other forms of writing, such as short stories, essays, I even tried a novel and of course this blog! Since I was focusing on such big pieces it was hard to give poetry the amount of attention that it needed, and so I just stopped trying after a while. I also grew away from it because not only has my focus been somewhere else, but for me at least, poetry requires a lot of emotion. Since I am already giving so much of myself to not only these writings, but also my everyday life, there wasn't really much left over.
For me, poetry takes a lot out of me. Honestly, it is 100% worth it for me. When I write a poem or anything really, I feel not only words coming out of me, but I feel a piece of my baggage goes with it. I love how at peace I am once I have a finished piece, but the amount of emotional work it takes to get there sometimes is too much.
I remember I was trying to write a short story about panic attacks that I've had in the past, that was a very difficult story to write. It took me about two weeks to write that one story [this was also during NaNo so i was already crunched for time]. Every time I would sit to write something, so many emotions would rush over me, sometimes felt like I couldn't do anything while those words were coming out. Or even worse, they wouldn't come out. It took such a toll on me and I had to step away from writing in general.
Stepping away was bitter-sweet. I got to keep my emotions in tact and process them properly, but I also was separated from the thing that made me feel the most fulfilled.
Now that I feel like I am in such a better head space that writing is now needed again. I am ready to have that outlet, and I am ready to let my emotions run wild. I have already written a few of poems just to get my juices flowing, and do I feel so happy.
[I actually secretly am killing two birds with one stone] and here's how:
April is also a month to work on a creative writing project and since I have always wanted to publish my own poetry book, so I am using this time to not only work on a poem a day but also try to work on a book too!! Maybe I can use a few of these poems to have a good standing for a book.
I AM VERY EXCITED AND AMPED FOR THIS UPCOMING MONTH!!!
I have been straying away from the art form for many reasons. The two main ones are that I have been trying to dive into other forms of writing, such as short stories, essays, I even tried a novel and of course this blog! Since I was focusing on such big pieces it was hard to give poetry the amount of attention that it needed, and so I just stopped trying after a while. I also grew away from it because not only has my focus been somewhere else, but for me at least, poetry requires a lot of emotion. Since I am already giving so much of myself to not only these writings, but also my everyday life, there wasn't really much left over.
For me, poetry takes a lot out of me. Honestly, it is 100% worth it for me. When I write a poem or anything really, I feel not only words coming out of me, but I feel a piece of my baggage goes with it. I love how at peace I am once I have a finished piece, but the amount of emotional work it takes to get there sometimes is too much.
I remember I was trying to write a short story about panic attacks that I've had in the past, that was a very difficult story to write. It took me about two weeks to write that one story [this was also during NaNo so i was already crunched for time]. Every time I would sit to write something, so many emotions would rush over me, sometimes felt like I couldn't do anything while those words were coming out. Or even worse, they wouldn't come out. It took such a toll on me and I had to step away from writing in general.
Stepping away was bitter-sweet. I got to keep my emotions in tact and process them properly, but I also was separated from the thing that made me feel the most fulfilled.
Now that I feel like I am in such a better head space that writing is now needed again. I am ready to have that outlet, and I am ready to let my emotions run wild. I have already written a few of poems just to get my juices flowing, and do I feel so happy.
[I actually secretly am killing two birds with one stone] and here's how:
April is also a month to work on a creative writing project and since I have always wanted to publish my own poetry book, so I am using this time to not only work on a poem a day but also try to work on a book too!! Maybe I can use a few of these poems to have a good standing for a book.
I AM VERY EXCITED AND AMPED FOR THIS UPCOMING MONTH!!!