Stuff I Wrote

Long time, no blog, but things have been busy in Kimberlyland, what with the new job and all. It is going really well and it feels like a very grown-up job, but it leaves me little time for my other passions.

In college,
I would do it every day
and still
each time felt fresh
I had focus and energy
and could do it for hours
though sometimes, if interrupted
I had trouble
starting again

but now I'm older
and otherwise occupied
less inclined
less able,
certain that
most of the necessary muscles
have atrophied

but occasionally
the mood strikes
and I am able
to squeeze in time
and write poetry


So I managed to get some time to write this week, but all of my spare writing time goes toward that novel I am almost finished with. I still want to have a whole draft done by the end of next week and I am actually excited because that is really a possibility. I also wrote a couple of poems for my wee ones:

For Jude:

It is impossible
not to fall in love with
someone who shows
equal enthusiasm
for sunsets
and monster trucks


and for Sully:

I don't read parenting manuels
for babies
don't want to delve too deeply
into chemistry
or biology
I don't want my illusions
crushed by knowledge

I prefer to think
that the random smiles on your face
while you sleep
mean pleasant dreams
and happy memories


So, that is the extent of the writing I have done lately. I hope that in my next blog or two I will be able to say that my first draft of the novel is done.