So, it has been months (two dozen plus) since I last logged in and posted in this blog of mine. Upon opening it up, I saw I had started drafts on maybe a half dozen or more blog posts that never did get finished or published.
What has changed that made me think about and finally take the time to log in? I recently completed a business writing course with a fantastic instructor named Ann Linquist. I took a few moments to look her up and browse her website (www.annlinquist.com). She posts writing ideas multiple times a week, and I took time to write a poem, more as free writing than anything else.
It amazed me how difficult it can be just to do free-writing or attempt something a little bit creative. However, if there is nothing else that I have learned during my 15 years in the communications workforce is that I need to write, write and write some more. I need just to let the words go, including nonsense and whatever pops in my head. This will allow the needed copy to break through.
So for my first post in many, many months I wanted to share my simple, non-important poem that I created and posted to Ms. Linquist's site for total strangers to see. I hope to get back to my draft blog posts and even others to help build my overall writing skills and maybe, just maybe get a bit of my creative spark back.
Immersed in the words on the computer screen
Work seems neverending.
Email window pops up
With a new project, my boss is sending.
Today is Friday,
With a holiday coming soon.
It is easy to daydream,
Only interrupted by a visit from a raccoon.
Winds rustling the leaves
In the woods outside my office,
Making me remember days of cloud gazing
Lounging on a bed of grassy softness.
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