Online journal capturing the moment and the memory of moments. A meadow meditation. |
LET'S TALK PROCESS! As my writer-friends know I'm scatter-brained and easily distracted... much like a cat. So, it's normal for me to channel my inner Feline and vomit all over the page. Then... someone (usually me) has to clean up the mess. Sometimes there're diamonds hidden among the hairballs. For "The Writer's Cramp" Bianca, bless her pea-pickin' heart, wants us to write ONE doublet by noon tomorrow. Well, never one to follow directions, I gagged up a bunch of... seven of them. I've cleaned them up some but left the originals as popnotes to amuse the curious (or bored). Ah... since dialects divide us (they needn't, but...), some observations: choc'late is two syllables [a] choc-o-late like e-ve-ry would be three; 'all y'all' and 'ya' are American, mostly Southern, slang [b]; Goddess/God? a matter of linguistics and/or belief [b]; two-fer-one poems [b,c] twinsies, brothers from another mother; 'delicious' [d] is a double entendre as Delicious is a well-known apple where I grew up; 'gimme' [e] is slang for 'give me'; [f] is admittedly an aliterative hisssss and 'last night' can mean yesterday or 'YOUR last night' as sometimes I like the humor of ambiguity; 'vittles' = chow, grub, food, y'know? [g]. So these are the 7. If you have time, please quickly read and tell me which you liked the most (or disliked the least): No calories, they said At lunch, salted chocolate cookies beckon. At home, "I reckon I could lose some weight." original notes for 70a [70a] Goddess visits Texas I created all y'all out of love — Zap! Unfortunately, ya didn't listen. [70b] Zapped Our Lord created us-all lovingly; unfortunately, we can't get along. [70c] original notes 70b&c Apple of my eye Were you always delicious? Me the worm that dearly wanted to make you my home? [70d] original notes for 70d San Diego would be hell Just gimme the smell of lightning, the clap of thunder, rain washing away ennui. [70e] original notes for 70e Last Night Slithering past the sentry at sunset, Sally seeks the heat of your warm embrace. [70f] original notes for 70f Priorities On the run to fetch some bread-n-vittles, slow down to pet the whining puppy's head. [70g] original notes for 70g Bianca's note and example ▼ WHICH ONE(S) DO YOU LIKE THE BEST? What is your process? |