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Amber Holcomb
We talk a lot about fiction around here. I'm certainly not complaining - and I hope you agree! I love me some absorbing, meaningful, well-written novels!
And I think a lot of you who read this blog are authors or hopeful authors. To that I say - woohoo! I fit in that category, too (in the "hopeful" part...). ;)
But what I want to know is this: do you write anything else? I'm inclined to think that if we're writers in one capacity, we're probably writers in some other capacity. We write novels, but we also write blog posts, journal entries, poetry, articles, devotionals, etc.
Writing is a way of creatively expressing ourselves and sharing what's on our hearts with others. Yet we are not limited to only one form of writing! We can be informative through articles, uplifting through poetry, or spontaneous through blog posts.
Recently I was inspired to write a poem based on a church service. While I'm home from college we attend a Baptist church where several of the ladies (and sometimes a couple of children) wave and dance with flags during the time of worship/music. Here's what I came up with:
And I think a lot of you who read this blog are authors or hopeful authors. To that I say - woohoo! I fit in that category, too (in the "hopeful" part...). ;)
But what I want to know is this: do you write anything else? I'm inclined to think that if we're writers in one capacity, we're probably writers in some other capacity. We write novels, but we also write blog posts, journal entries, poetry, articles, devotionals, etc.
Writing is a way of creatively expressing ourselves and sharing what's on our hearts with others. Yet we are not limited to only one form of writing! We can be informative through articles, uplifting through poetry, or spontaneous through blog posts.
Recently I was inspired to write a poem based on a church service. While I'm home from college we attend a Baptist church where several of the ladies (and sometimes a couple of children) wave and dance with flags during the time of worship/music. Here's what I came up with:
The Butterfly Dance
A guitar string hums in the sanctuary:
The note swirls in the stained glass light.
The first few flutter softly to the corners,
Choosing their wings before taking flight.
Plum purple and wispy white
Gently dip and lift by the window.
Bluegrass green and lemon yellow
Flow joyfully in the sunlit crescendo.
A lone lavender wing is sent high,
Floating on the edge of the scarlet carpet.
A little one flits from side to side,
Then picks royal robe, and blood red to match it.
One set of wings falls to the stairs,
Broken and spread apart on the dimly lit floor:
Waiting and praying for a guiding hand
To remind her how she was made to soar.
A single gold wing joins the dance,
With a unique rhythm and swing in her wave.
The fall and rise of the hopeful songs
Reflect the patterns the jeweled colors make.
Even when the music comes to a close,
And the bright and cheery wings are folded up tight,
They continue to hum across unseen meadows
With the freedom of their butterfly flight.
A guitar string hums in the sanctuary:
The note swirls in the stained glass light.
The first few flutter softly to the corners,
Choosing their wings before taking flight.
Plum purple and wispy white
Gently dip and lift by the window.
Bluegrass green and lemon yellow
Flow joyfully in the sunlit crescendo.
A lone lavender wing is sent high,
Floating on the edge of the scarlet carpet.
A little one flits from side to side,
Then picks royal robe, and blood red to match it.
One set of wings falls to the stairs,
Broken and spread apart on the dimly lit floor:
Waiting and praying for a guiding hand
To remind her how she was made to soar.
A single gold wing joins the dance,
With a unique rhythm and swing in her wave.
The fall and rise of the hopeful songs
Reflect the patterns the jeweled colors make.
Even when the music comes to a close,
And the bright and cheery wings are folded up tight,
They continue to hum across unseen meadows
With the freedom of their butterfly flight.
I love poetry, although I don't claim to be an expert on it by any means! I just think it's a wonderful way to briefly and powerfully express one's observations on life.
Questions: What do you think? Do you enjoy more than one form of writing? What are your thoughts on poetry?
Notice: If you're a poet or an artist in any fashion, I'm running a contest for a $10 Amazon.com gift card over at my personal blog! Click HERE to read the rules.
Questions: What do you think? Do you enjoy more than one form of writing? What are your thoughts on poetry?
Notice: If you're a poet or an artist in any fashion, I'm running a contest for a $10 Amazon.com gift card over at my personal blog! Click HERE to read the rules.
