October is quickly coming to a close, which means that NaNoWriMo will begin again. I can hardly wait for November to arrive – I have all kinds of ideas running through my mind on how to proceed from where The Curse of Fierabras left off. Expect to have posts throughout the month of November updating my word count, as well as little samples of what I’m writing. I might even find the time to throw in a small flash fiction story or two, similar to the ones I’ve been doing in recent weeks. I’ve been quite pleased with how these flash fiction prompts have been turning out.
The end of this week will bring a guest post by Eric from Sinistral Scribblings. That is something I’m looking forward to reading and hosting here on the blog. Check out some of his great fiction, including the Easy Money series, over at his blog.
Tonight I decided to break up the abundance of fiction posts by throwing in a little poetry. This is yet another poem that I wrote during my summer class. It was a fun first attempt at writing a villanelle poem. You can also check out my second villanelle poem, Another Mile Fades Away.
POETRY GIVES YOU WINGS
You soar up high, poetry gives you wings,
to glide above the clouds along the way.
Recite the words aloud until it sings.
Writers guiding toward amazing things,
making anew objects seen every day.
You soar up high, poetry gives you wings.
Forming phrases, brilliantly capturing
the true essence within the words they say.
Recite the words aloud until it sings.
Rounding up emotions and bottling
them within verse, with words the abstract stay.
You soar up high, poetry gives you wings.
The words joined form a smooth cadence, to bring
a musical rhythm to life today.
Recite the words aloud until it sings.
Skillful poets draw in readers, sending
them to places in a day, far away.
You soar up high, poetry gives you wings,
recite the words aloud until it sings.
