A Poem Flew

Thank the muses that a poem flew into my heart

this morning. Whenever I am the target of these
arrows of fancy I write gratefully and fastly. I
witness the pen moving and the ink--
this time the color brown--
flowing onto the page as the sun
sometimes sparks off the wetness
and then--like when the coffee maker
makes its final spurt--it is done. My hand stops moving as words drip to an end and the mind ques quiet and I earnestly read what has transpired in this attack of physical words in familiar hand on the page that is now full. For a moment my body is calm, my mind at rest. 

[Note: this is not the poem that came to me in a flash--that poem, over there, was written in blue and this, as I've said before, is of brown ink with an occasional spark of sun.]

Self Publishing Creatively

I am applying for a Fellowship and needed to include a list of publications. I included these links because, after all, writing online is immediate publication.

1. WordLayers Blog http://wordlayerblog.com

2. WordLayers Twitter Site https://twitter.com/#!/wordlayers

3. WordLayers Website http://wordlayers.com

4. The Dissertation Research Blog http://dissertationresearch.blogspot.com

5. Regents Center Library Twitter site https://twitter.com/#!/LibraryKUEC

Writers' Colony at Dairy Hollow   I'm here! This is the most wonderful place for writers and creative people to be. And, you don't have to be a "real" writer because if you write you are a real writer. Eureka Springs is delightful and in April it is overflowing with spring. And, the limestone cliffs are dripping because of the spring water that comes with the territory. I hope to settle down and begin. First, of course, I have to get ready to write which has its rituals and moving things around and putting computer here and lamp there and paper stacked somewhere handy and all my color pens in a big mug . . . having done this, here I go. I hope to be posting some notes on the blog over the next two weeks. TWO WEEKS!