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WHY PUT POETRY INTO A DAY ALREADY ON OVERLOAD?

Author Susan Lampe pictures the beginnings of poems as tiny shooting stars.  Poem words or snatches of phrases often come to her during everyday activities like walking the dog or watching a sunrise, or clipping flowers in the garden.  She sees these poem ideas like raindrops—they dissolve rapidly and disappear.  “If I can trap even a few of these shooting star ideas and use them to craft a poem, I consider myself lucky,” she says.  “Too often we see creativity as a secondary part of our day but it may be the most important part, not just filler!” 

Lampe’s poems urge us to observe the world of nature from listening to the sound of ripples alongside a kayak, or waking to birdsong at dawn or watching clouds turn pink in the last rays of a sunset.  Lampe aims for simplicity in her poems such as Sunday night blues over things left undone.

             sundays ring hollow at evening

             brings into view

             what I chose not to do. . .”

One of Lampe’s favorite things to do is to write with others.  She invites you to join her in capturing some of your own “tiny shooting stars.”  You can sign up to write with her below.