Are you detail oriented in your writing? What are some of the details you most notice in the world around you? What details do you focus on in your writing - place, character, emotional? What are the kinds of detailed descriptions you most like to read about?
In a simple answer, yes. I am detail oriented. In my poetry, I write it with as much detailing as I can. Words are not to used as only mere trinkets. They have go to a very higher level. For me the spiritual aspect is very important. So with mundane detailing, I also dwell within the mind.
In the world around me, I might not notice the physical aspect much, which I don't but I try to somehow understand what goes within the mind from ones behaviour. I can speculate and conjure up a whole story in a short poem. Is it not what is writing about? I can write about the very concrete, about the zest of a person and also about stream of consciousness. Both make use of different kinds of detailing. The place for me is not the geographical one but that which is beyond it.
Same goes for my reading too. I like historical novels. In that I like all the period details, the costume, the feel of the place, palaces etc et. If I am reading Stream of Consciousness, I also like to know what is going within the mind. Human behaviour is ever so interesting and I also like to know about the movements a person makes under certain circumstances. I also like descriptions of nature, in any way. Sometimes a season change can bring about a change in the thinking pattern of a person. I like to read about that.
I might as try some detailing into one of daily routines I do. One thing I truly like is to brew tea. The early morning tea. The splash of water inside the kettle stirs me. When I place it to heat up, I like to listen to the water gurgling against the sides. I like to watch the tea intermingling into water when I spoon it into the kettle. The change of colour interests me. From light to dark to black. When I add heated milk, I like the swirling effect of it when it slowly dissolves. And the clinking sound of spoon when I add sugar, is music for me. When the aroma reaches my nose, I am ready to pick up my cup and sip it slowly. Such a mundane stuff can indeed make us reach Nirvana. However, to get into that state we need to keep all our senses wide open.
I know I am reposting this. But for the reason, the world should read more of poetry. And also Andrew needs to be read.
Title: Tangled in WisteriaAuthor: J. Andrew LockhartISBN: 978-1-60247-852-7Publisher: Tate Publishing & Enterprises/2007
Pages: 108J. Andrew Lockhart is blogger poet. He lives in Van Buren, Arkansas, United States. He writes Haiku, Senryu, Haiga, Haibun and Tanka. He was kind enough to send me his book Tangled in Wisteria, which contains haiku, senryu and tanka. I have been reading him for some time now, on his blog. Andrew was an attorney when tragedy struck. In 1996 he had an intracerebral hemorragic stroke at the age of 30. He rose out of it all and became a music teacher. In his introduction, he writes that music and writing were sidelined and he went to law school.He came back to writing. Reading his verses one can observe the beauty of nature, find greatness in mundane things and see love in a new light. Those short verses of his are loaded with so much meaning. You can see them in simplicity or the complexities....whatever way you choose to. Those contain nuggets about life and much more. Here I quote a few of his verses:"looking upat the oak tree, plantedwhen i was young-----there is no needfor a mirror"~~~~~~~~~~~~"although you areso far away from mei feel your presencein the cool summer nightas flowers rest"~~~~~~~~~~~~"buying a packof firerackersmade in china"~~~~~~~~~~~~"brick after brickafter brick after brick---hidden thoughts"~~~~~~~~~~~~This book has four parts----spring, summer, autumn and winter. I read it at one go. But I am going to come back again and again. Each page contains a haiku or a senryu and a tanka. Those verses touch the soul and illuminate it. I am very glad I read it and also that I read him everyday on his blog. Please do check him out. You won't be disappointed.
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Attempting Erotica...*grin*
autumn nights
desiring of heating up
another body
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bathed in cool heat
breathless, hair a mess
autumn feels like sex
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writhing bodiestangled sheetsstorm unleashed
veiled from prying eyes,I try to code my wordsin a hidden messageextending it only to thosewho like to review lifethrough novels, poetry, short stories being but only a part of itreading between the linesyou can reach the comfy roomexplore my books and sit down for a chatlong and short of it beingwhere we sharecoffee or teawhichever your choice be"won't you accept this invitationto solemnly visit another aspect of me?"
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Of course, as you know, here I invite you to visit my book blog, Reading Room. This is not one of my best poetry works but I can write bad ones, once in a while, can't I?! Even Keats wrote bad ones!
whispers filled my earspermeating into each of my poresdrenching me with the essentiality of youwith my eyes shutI took in the momentletting my fingers read youpausing at the difficult wordsimprinted on your skinwhen my senses forgot meI lost it all gaining into youyou dissolved into nothingleaving me with my whispers
"still I search for you
with violent desperation"
Is there a book you’d love to read that hasn’t been written? What do you love reading about, and how could you write about it? What fascinates you that could become the subject for your next story, essay, poem, or blog post?
As I like to read books from varied genres, I wouldn't say that the book I would love to read hasn't been published. What do I really like to read? I like to read about history. A novel with strong historical facts interests me very much. That way I get to learn about history along with constraints of that particular period. I read about human endurance where characters with much providence and forsight can go to any length. I also like travel books and stream of consciousness novels. One thing that truly fascinates me, is the internal dialogues. It keeps me hooked and makes me connect with that character as I talk in my mind all the time! Many a times, I prefer to read character driven novels. Even dark characters. Because without darkness, we can't appreciate light.
As for as saying what would interest me to write my next post? I don't know. Many a times, I meticulously compose a poem in my mind and when it is time to execute it on paper, I simply go the other way. My words all scattered, yet with a semblance of order. Sometimes I tend to get a little dark and write pertaining to that. Or I take up any issue and write about that. Last Sunday I wrote a poem on terrorism after the Delhi serial bombings. I can't predict what is going to inspire me. Sometimes depth of hell pours forth tirade of words. Sometimes joyful state dries it all up. How can I say where the wind blows? Nonetheless, as long as I write everything seems to be ok. When words refuse to come, I feel it is sort of death. I hope it makes sense.
What propels you to read or write? Are reading and writing related for you?
An aside: Don't you agree title is important? I bet this title would lead many a reader to visit my blog! Wot say? *grin*
Another aside: 3WW is very much there. Thanks Thom G, for taking it over.
have you ever watched an antgoing nonhalant on its way
ignoring you totally
or maybe it doesn't see you at all
and why should you expect it to
yet you call yourself strong and invincible
although even a mere ant
does not give you a second thought
or for that matter even a first glancewith singular linearity
it traverses on its path
maybe you need to learn from it
acknowledging it as your guru
