Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Introducing...The Poetry Project

A stymied poet's quest to find her words.

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Long ago, before I was a wife and before I was a mother, I was a poet.
I wrote poems almost daily.
The words just fell from my fingers to the paper.
It was effortless.

I have volumes of journals full of poems that have only been read by my eyes.
It has been too long since I last took the time to simply sit and write a poem.
So, I'm starting,

The Poetry Project

For the next 6 days I will post a poem each day that I wrote in the past.
Then on the 7th day I will post a new poem that I will write over this week.
I am hoping that reading my old words will inspire me
to search and find all of the poetry that still lives within me.

If you are a poet, feel free to send me a poem that you've written.
I might just post it on these pages.

Maybe together we can weave a masterpiece.

send inspiration to www.leighvslaundry.gmail.com

4 comments:

Unknown said...

This is a great idea--can't wait to read your poetry!

Jen Lee said...

Just kidding--that last comment was from me. (Oh the perils of borrowing your friends' computer...)

Erin said...

I love this idea! You were always a great poet - I still have a few that you wrote for me!
-Erin

Linda D. said...

I'm proud, so proud of you and your fascinating poetry. Nana