Good Morning Good People,
Here is a challenge that I give all of you today: use the piece you are already working on (if it is not a poem, if it is then you can try to do this, but it may be more difficult because you would have to rewrite the poem and do it differently). Your goal is to take a paragraph or a page or even the entire piece if you’d like, and write it instead as a poem.
This may be tricky with dialogue, but if you’d prefer you can just skip over the dialogue and have people read in between the lines where the dialogue should be. Reaching the emotional depth needed is the easy part with poetry because if there are words missing, it forces you to pay closer attention to what is not being said.
And here is my attempt with the last book in my series, please be kind, I am challenged by this same as you are. Okay, here goes:
The eyes dark and brooding
ever watching from the shadows
the face masked and unseen
my shivering fades and I close my eyes
my love returning to me
no fear only love
The sound tears through the air
ripping me from myself
a hand plunging
death’s toll
tears begin but not of relief
for a friend found now lost
Warmth around me
violence fades
darkness descends
and love is forgotten,
fear grips me
and sadness pours in
the danger is within
Well, there you have it. I hope it wasn’t too bad. It was from a scene in my book. Can you guess what happened in it? Did I give enough clues? I guess we will see. And remember not to stress while trying this challenge, it is meant to be fun and entertaining, as well as a chance to learn something about yourself and your writing. Happy writing!
Rose Marie