interesting

i am not writing well right now and i think it’s because i have too much time to write. i am sprawling all over the place and it’s allowing me to indulge every little whim.

i have never believed in writer’s block, believing that a writer can always write; it tends to be a case of not liking what comes out, so you stop. my favorite thing is to see someone who writes a long dissertation on being unable to write.

the key is not to stop and bemoan things, but to shift focus. i really think every poet also needs another creative outlet — you don’t have to be great at it
(hence my guitar playing), but you have to be willing to step from one to the other when the call comes.

time to rein in and hang on for a bit…focus energies differently. practice guitar, write some songs, get ahead on the column, etc. then, dig out some of the poems i’ve written in the last year and revise and edit. memorize. focus on getting gigs.

there’s more to being a poet than an endless spew of poetry. it’s knowing how to make use of the fallow times.