tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post7956122947585157423..comments2024-03-28T17:44:17.403-07:00Comments on The Weaver of Grass: InspirationThe Weaver of Grasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-57190205182963079682012-07-12T13:29:10.349-07:002012-07-12T13:29:10.349-07:00Pat, I'm reading thriller writer Dan Brown. I ...Pat, I'm reading thriller writer Dan Brown. I know it's not poetry. But sometimes a change is as good as a rest, as they say (whoever 'they' are).Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-4354326955286797822012-07-10T20:11:27.396-07:002012-07-10T20:11:27.396-07:00So sorry you are in a slump, Pat. I think you ar...So sorry you are in a slump, Pat. I think you are doing the right thing in reading works that you enjoy and admire, - eventually the beauty permeates the time we take to read and inspiration arrives along with it. At least I believe that is so.....Hildredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05420791064923078834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-73914979607839670372012-07-10T06:52:29.944-07:002012-07-10T06:52:29.944-07:00Thank you for your ideas - I shall try them out.Thank you for your ideas - I shall try them out.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-5108342091186660692012-07-10T04:57:05.230-07:002012-07-10T04:57:05.230-07:00I think inspiration comes in cycles and I'm su...I think inspiration comes in cycles and I'm sure you'll be in a writing phase again soon enough!Crafty Green Poethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02486633917197181851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-31568117985148678212012-07-10T04:20:31.176-07:002012-07-10T04:20:31.176-07:00Write as you speak and some poetry will come befor...Write as you speak and some poetry will come before your eyes. Even if it is prose.Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-79955780006232012592012-07-10T02:23:10.853-07:002012-07-10T02:23:10.853-07:00if you want to try something different, perhaps yo...if you want to try something different, perhaps you could look up some Simon Armitage poetry.... he is a local lad from round these parts, and you might enjoy some of his stuff? Mind, Ted Hughes and ~Silvia Plath have local connections too - Hardcastle Crags being a firm favourite haunt of mine!ArcticFoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07406779213296821110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-36491566381599137202012-07-10T01:15:22.873-07:002012-07-10T01:15:22.873-07:00Re reading poems, one good prompt is to take the t...Re reading poems, one good prompt is to take the title of a poem you like and see what you can write using the title. When you've done, change the title.Dominic Rivronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02618013365521035400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-72768099958685342942012-07-09T23:31:29.991-07:002012-07-09T23:31:29.991-07:00"Dark, cold, damp and thoroughly depressing.&..."Dark, cold, damp and thoroughly depressing." - you're sounding like Ted Hughes already!John "By Stargoose And Hanglands"https://www.blogger.com/profile/00832873074550725579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-55868644815127672382012-07-09T16:38:25.418-07:002012-07-09T16:38:25.418-07:00Some people are always an inspiration. Ted Hughes...Some people are always an inspiration. Ted Hughes doesn't do it for me but I always click with Tennyson!Jenny Woolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16881781466502273314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-65333762246946356312012-07-09T12:13:10.358-07:002012-07-09T12:13:10.358-07:00Not that I'm any great shakes, but I scrabble ...Not that I'm any great shakes, but I scrabble for pen and paper when I think of something. Now, if I were organzed, I keep writing material handy.Joanne Noragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09834682329952369721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-91690483346758967732012-07-09T06:42:04.461-07:002012-07-09T06:42:04.461-07:00I find that inspiration comes and goes - but it al...I find that inspiration comes and goes - but it always returns!Pondsidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02407539138546412482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-62647457034802534022012-07-09T05:02:35.489-07:002012-07-09T05:02:35.489-07:00I've joined something called Thinking Ten, bec...I've joined something called <a href="http://www.thinkingten.com/" rel="nofollow">Thinking Ten</a>, because I was in just the same state. I couldn't get enthusiastic about stringing words together at all. <br />It gives you a prompt each day and you have ten minutes to produce something in. <br />You might find it useful. I can't say I've written anything I'm specially proud of since I started - but at least I'm writing. <br />Good luck!MorningAJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04719744167307369768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-80597733299065262432012-07-09T05:00:29.342-07:002012-07-09T05:00:29.342-07:00I do sympathise. When you have spent your life rea...I do sympathise. When you have spent your life reading ( and teaching) good literature, it seems almost pointless trying to write anything! Hopefully the Muse will return when the sun does..........This cheerless rain is so dispiriting.<br /><br />Speaking of Ted Hughes, I would love to take an Arvon Foundation course one day.Dartford Warblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04352965211143836326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-85527773534885136672012-07-09T04:51:50.900-07:002012-07-09T04:51:50.900-07:00Any kind of artist's block is awful, especiall...Any kind of artist's block is awful, especially when one is usually good at that art and enjoys it so much. Don't give up and don't try too hard - things will improve when they are ready. And above all, don't measure your own work against a Poet Laureate!!<br />Damp and dismal here as usual.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06826501916623305535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-27140865027805693142012-07-09T04:08:28.000-07:002012-07-09T04:08:28.000-07:00Horrid being in a writing slump.
Actually I recomm...Horrid being in a writing slump.<br />Actually I recommend reading not such wonderful writers --then you can say: Gosh, I could do that!<br />Sorry your weather continues vile.<br />I will not tell you what it is like here......Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03964291132366262298noreply@blogger.com