Hello my lovely readers
That plural 'readers' feels a bit presumptuous following such a long break from writing posts, but some habits are nice. Anyway, this won't take (that) long to read. It's just to say I'm back, because I've got a fortnight off before I get feedback on a thesis draft. Then I'll be back to regular posting fairly soon, too, after many, many months away. I submit my final thesis at the end of September, and my first plan once it's in (as a treat after four years of mostly academic writing) is a project where I write a poem each day for a year. Some short, some longer. Thirty-one of which will be sonnets, as part of the Seasonal Sonnets series I've had very varied success in keeping up with throughout December over the last two years. Some of the others might even be haiku, because I've fallen in love with that shorter form and the burst of disciplined creativity it offers since I've had to snatch moments between paragraphs of my PhD.
Either way, in order to have a place to put them, and to keep myself accountable about actually writing, I'm going to post the poems here. Possibly daily, possibly weekly - maybe as part of Wordy and Wheely Wednesdays. Who knows!? Much like the poems themselves, the structure of documenting the project is pretty nebulous. It has to be, until October, but I want to get excited about writing creatively again and poetry - my first, and favourite, form - seems a good place to start.
So if you'd like to read, it'd be great to have you along for the ride. (It wouldn't be a Wordy and Wheely post without some disability puns, would it, eh?)
Love and spoons 'til then.
Jx
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