I began wondering about where I draw my inspiration from in my own writing. Was it philosophy? Sociology? Art? Nature? Romance? Humanity? I realized that my inspiration encapsulates all of these things and more. Why? Because of the very innate human nature of observation. We take in our surroundings, categorize them, store them, recall them from memory. That is what truly makes us different from the tree, the bird, the fish, isn’t it?
Our 5 senses not only draw us closer to Earth, but in a way, separate us from the kingdom to which we belong because of reason alone. Now, without becoming too philosophical, that is what I am attempting to do with this blog: find a place of balance between this rich and modern (cosmopolitan if you will) world that we live in, full of vibrancy and vitality which can sometimes pull us away from our innate sensibility to admire our world and observe, wonder.
Quite a bit of my blog will also have to do with contemporary poets that I enjoy reading such as Kim Addonizio, Wendy Cope, Billy Collins, Gwendolyn Brooks, Nikki Giovanni, and Kay Ryan to name a few.
I hope that this blog brings forth even more contemporary poets that readers have not heard of and I have never heard of, gives some writing exercises and spawns discussion!
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