A writing binge

A glimpse into me, when I was away from the cafe' for less than an hour - a napkin jotting session --

across the sea

across the sea
he came to me
words on parchment
faded by the sun
he is there somewhere
under the clutter
inside a dark heart
he shone a light
for a moment
across the sea.

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 pen to paper

a long time since she put pen to paper
felt the words flow through and past
her calloused finger ---
like how she lets him linger,
whispering past the echoes of her mind
a desperate sheep looking for its keeper
true to her
true to be
to good to be
true he doesn't
love me.

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somewhere

I am not in love with you.
I love you.
and somewhere
truth
lies
in the heart
of the beholder
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I should have known I couldn't trust you
when you brought me marmalade and brie.
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fumbled

Reaching for her hand
in the dark
he fumbled
found her
heart.

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TIL DEATH

TIL DEATH
DO US
PART

KILLED
HER
HEART
TO
SET
HER
FREE

Author's Note

this is sort of a glimpse into how I write and the creative process for me -- sort of a mad rambling on paper -- it's been a while since I actually used paper and not straight to type, it felt kind of good.

Reviews

[andrew mitchell]

i agree with sami, excellent random thoughts created perfectly. nice reading kara.

[Lyn Anderson]

Thank you. This is one of the first I wrote here in this style. As I tell people, I have always written in related poetry groups -- and pulled them apart in the editing. Now, here, I keep the related thoughts together, as they were originally written.

[Sami Khalil]

Very interesting read and form...Bravo......................

[Lyn Anderson]

Well thank you, I appreciate that.

[Sami Khalil]

You are welcome...:).........................

[Vidya Bacchus]

Interesting cat.I don't come up with anything if I use a pen and paper I don't know what is my deal.Cool

[Lyn Anderson]

Thanks. I am pretty sure it's been years since I composed that way. I am going to do it more often.

[Vidya Bacchus]

Well good for you :)

[Pryde Foltz]

An embarrassment of riches, I would say. I loved them all, each and every. Wow.

[Lyn Anderson]

Wow, thanks so much, a wonderful poet you are.:)

[Madalyn Beck]

I adore all these pieces into your soul! Especially pen to paper! You do such an amazing job at expressing yourself through writing. This is going under my favorites!! xo :)

[Lyn Anderson]

You make me smile

[cimmy wuv xxxooo]

Very deep and well thought out little pieces.
Seems like you really put allot of thought into what you write and the way you write it.
I enjoyed reading all that :)
Great write :)

[Lyn Anderson]

Thanks, I actually think then jot, so it comes out as a very well thought out piece, thanks.

[cimmy wuv xxxooo]

Well its a great way to get your thoughts out. :)

[Blue]

Such creative thought processes going on in that brain of yours, KL. This is a fantastic 'mad rambling on paper'. You should write more on paper, then!

Anyway, I was just wondering whether you mean "too good to be" when you typed "to good to be"...

[Lyn Anderson]

Nope -- been asked -- see review by Nusquam Esse below -- it is intended as a rambling thought, ending in me, and it is not TOO -- but I do understand why people might think that.

[Blue]

I see. I was thinking that might be a typo error since I know you as someone who is careful when it comes to grammar and all... Thanks a lot!

[s y e]

I loved them all but the last one just done it for me. The last one just put the cherry on top.

[Lyn Anderson]

Thanks. I put them down in the order of original thought.

[Frieda P]

Geez that must have been one huge dinner napkin...I love them all but you know the last one flipped me over and I landed on your fumbl'd heart!

[Lyn Anderson]

Thanks. I had fun. It's how I used to write all the time -- on scraps and bits with multiple poems and drawings in a row. I think I might do that more often, it actually was quite great. And yeah, the last one actually is the last one I wrote on that napkin.:)