MUSES OF MY MIND

What brings words alive in you?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Words are my drug…

trembling, emotion infused…

exhilarating fascination with fiction… fantastical friction…

fire-lit on cold nights… intoxication born in shadows and moonsong…

melodic medicine poured deep in my sunset smiles as morning kisses night’s dark cheek…

a scent wafting on the wind…

rivers racing in the radiance of day…

love-linked letters in the lingering light… a child’s voice that is my own from across the years…

iced laughter before the tears…

warm breath on my neck in shades of dusk… lip-licking beauty…

glimpses of soft skies in summer… screams from the numberless and nameless… mindscapes on foggy drives home … a cry in the night from Want…  

dreamscapes as sleep dances… desires undone…

these are the muses of my mind…

Author's Note

To finish my first novel, An Owl on the Moon, I listened to Sting’s “Desert Rose” no less than a hundred times… It made my mind like a flame set free in a forest… Such are the muses of my mind… What brings words alive in you?

Reviews

[PaperLife]

I have a feeling YOU will be something to bring alive the words in me. Other then that, the experiences of life, and music. Like you, music. I hear a song and fall into a world so incredibly uncontrolled if the music stops I cannot continue writing unless I press the play button again. I've spent countless hours listening to the same songs, I thought I was crazy but maybe not. Then again, maybe we're both crazy?

[Boldpen]

Wow!
This write was like a whole box of human mind.. I truly loved it! Truly, this asks us to find the things which make our mind alive....
Nicely written.

[Jeremy Baker]

I love the alliteratioion and imager; simply a joy to read!

[The Rock And Roll Cowbo..]

A slave to the written word, the price of having an imagination... with that imagination inspiration can come from anywhere... nicely done Craig.

[Robbie~xoxo~]

You have captivated me with the first line!... and as I continue to read this, the emotions you evoked naturally radiated, transforming into the muses of the mind..Dreamscapes, moonsongs, summer skies, morning kisses...all of it Fantastic!

Your words a mesmerizing... You have captured a surreal world of amazing imagery. My mind is still reeling from the beauty of every line. This is an absolutely Beautiful write!~ a favorite!

[Kelly Scheppers]

The phrases I could quote are simply too numerous, but I have to give mention to at least one..."a child’s voice that is my own from across the years." Wow, I love this, Craig! It's one of those poems that you must read over and over again, and that's exactly what I'm going to do...it's going in "my library"!

As for "what brings words alive in me"...it would have to be the rush of a feeling I get when I read something that touches me. It gives me the incentive to be a better writer.

This just rocks...what more can I say?


My best,
Kelly

[Wendy Seames Garner]

You have quite the drug addiction, but I don't think anyone would call for an intervention. Wonderful poem, Craig!

[EmpressPoetess]

Aaah yes! I have similar inspirations; warm breezes carrying floral aromas across sun-swept fields carpeted with lush green, soft music of birds a flight upon the wind, trees in spring adorned as if dressed in new gowns, love's tender expressions from babes, night's whispers of may secrets, trains going to far away lands.......I love your mind! Thanks for the treat!

[Doreen]

Delicious. This brings up memories and feelings and I swooned as I read.

[KATHY SUE SILLS]

Craig, this poem lights a fire under my muse with pure delight! What a journey your talented words took me on! Wow, wow and wow!

[Pratik]

This is absolutely brilliant Craig! Often when your mind is at its imaginative best.. it transcends in a different world.... where your dreams, desires, hidden ambitions all intermingle to form that absolute power, the driving force that make you create something, pour out your emotions in words.. This is something that your poem describes so well! A maze of disarrayed thoughts coming like waves after waves to create that trance.. and the imagery, the rich choice of words adds a magical quality to it.. this is superb work Craig! Its a pleasure reading you as always :)