I didn't sleep last night. Around 3.30 this morning I mentioned my sleeplessness on Twitter and two Poets in two different countries sent a 'hello...' And it made me feel so much better than I was... Not only am I meeting amazing people all over the world through my page, I'm receiving reactions to my work... real reactions. Instead of a faceless publisher sending a photocopied letter that says 'Thanks but no thanks' with no elaboration......
Today was a busy day! My family days are numbered... in less than two weeks it is back to my oversized island somewhere in a far away world... This morning I went ice fishing, thank goodness no one caught anything! I grew up running barefoot up and down backwoods creeks, fishing was a natural part of the process. So even though I can no longer be strong at the sight of something wiggling on the end of a hook... I'll still go hang. ... it's just...
Many have probably vibed by now that I dislike government. This statement isn't entirely true, I dislike corruption and like I've said before the two usually go hand in hand. I've personally witnessed this in all sorts of ways, a lot of us have. Other than occasionally complaining in various countries and trying to get people talking about what goes on around them, my days of getting tear gassed and arrested seem to be behind me (... seem to...
Last night I had to get out of the house. The more I think about how long I've been locked away with nothing but time and words... the more I'm amazed that I haven't gone insane... and I still haven't completely abandoned that theory. So I braved the below freezing temperatures yesterday evening to visit a sister who fed me candy love hearts and asked how my 'haikus' are going... no comment. That said, I borrowed a book from her husband titled...
I've only been awake for two hours... I slept late. I'm a lucid dreamer and instead of facing another day of word smacking, I thought I'd give myself some extra time to reside in a place that somehow makes me feel like I have more control over what's happening around me. When I woke I up I began playing with a poem that I started a few days ago. It's about being a Woman in modern times and part of what that means to me. Nothing gets the feminist...