Welcome to the second writing club update! (See the previous update here.) I hope you’ve had a pleasant month, and are managing to stay cool (this is me presuming northern hemisphere anyway). One short month ago, a month seemed like such a long time. But now I see it for a just a couple of weekends, and a sprinkling of free evenings.

I’m keeping this update brief, since I’m behind on my own goals. But it’s raining here, and I don’t have to go to work (at my job anyway) today, so I’m excited to get back to it! May you be similarly blessed with dreary weather and lack of responsibilities on this Monday.

Participants

As always, there is no pressure to have completed your goals. But sharing how your month went is super beneficial not just personally, but for the rest of us. Additionally, participants and guests are encouraged to chime in with any comments or questions they may have on project projects, writing club, etc.

  • The Quuuuuill@slrpnk.netEnglish
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    1 month ago

    I was planning to post something up once I got myself feeling brave sharing poetry with someone for the first time since highschool. I kinda stopped writing poetry in college and haven’t written anything in a decade. But I want to get myself brave enough to start showing people my art to participate in the whole “make art at home” movement to be part of reclaiming creativity from our culture of emptiness. Which I want to do some poetry about to.

    I was also writing some poetry earlier this evening realizing I was more willing to be real with myself through poetry than I am through journaling

    • hazeebabee@slrpnk.netEnglish
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      1 month ago

      Aw that sounds like an amazing journey towards reconnecting with poetry and writing.

      I’ve also found poetry can be much more illuminating than journaling. I think for me it’s that my inner monolog is very rigid & sometimes journaling just repeats those inner judgements whereas poetry forces me to word things differently & in that process I find I have new things to say.

      I hope you keep finding inspiration to be creative this month, would love to hear about how your journey progresses :)

    • grrgyle@slrpnk.netOPMEnglish
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      1 month ago

      I totally get how sharing your art is hard, especially something so raw and close to the heart like poetry. I’ve never had any skill in poetry and the few times I’ve tried, I feel I was blushing with embarrassment just sitting there alone. But I guess that’s also the power of poetry in a way…

      That kinda reminds me: the whole reason I kicked off this writing club was because I wanted to “practice in public” with other people, where we could share how things are going, post snippets, and just like actually take an interest in eachother’s stuff, rather than be each stuck on our own little islands of self doubt or inertia or whatever.

      Anyway, I’m glad to hear you’re getting back into it - I sincerely hope you keep it up! (Maybe even have a goal of writing another poem this month? 😉)