It was for the first time I did participate in
the poetry month celebration where each day I was writing a poetry in Hindi and
English.
Writing for me is something that comes from
heart. I will not have anything written for days and weeks and that’s okay
because mind has to process sometimes and it’s a dilemma what to process and
extract out of it and what not to.
But putting oneself through challenge is also a
fun, an art and it helps to see yourself how you perform.
“You must stay drunk on writing, so reality
cannot destroy you.” ~ Ray Bradbury
I did poetry every day and that too in two
different languages and made sure that before midnight I fulfill that deadline.
However, I would like to confess that as the time nears to the end of the month
you really get shortage on topics and the challenging aspect of that to me is
that I am not able to write if it’s not from my heart. Hence, situations like
that did allow me to do some soul searching within.
It’s a good practice and while I was in the
middle of April poetry month I told myself probably I will continue this even
next month and this is how it should continue. But by the time it was April 30th
I felt I need to take a break 😊.
“There is no real ending. It’s just the place
where you stop the story.” ~ Frank Herbert
Hence, I thought of writing my experience of
this writing poetry every day during poetry month. What surprising to me was
that even though I was writing poetry in two different language my topic was
different which makes me wonder why?
When I decided to work on this poetry each day
for next 30 days, I found that I was focused, and my mind was not wandering
anywhere because with the new job it’s interesting how I am enjoying the work,
team and overall experiencing the change. In that whatever time is left it was
for thinking for that day what happened or what stuck to my heart that I can
write about.
“Start writing, no matter what. The water does
not flow until the faucet is turned on.” ~ Louis L’Amour
Since I have joined the new company, I have been
saving time on the commute and this is allowing me to read a lot. There has
been lot of reading on the internet and it’s so amazing that I got back to my
reading which is very addictive, and I have enjoyed this addiction in the past.
Even though I am late for this month by two
days, I have decided to write prose on different topics based on what pricks my
mind for that day. Today I had to share my poetry month experience and I hope
my readers who liked and commented had some experience to share here.
Always challenge yourself it keeps you active
and young ~ Dawn
~ Dawn
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