‘Musings’ on Writing Poetry

“…if poetry comes not as naturally as the leaves to a tree it had better not come at all.”–John Keats (Letter to John Taylor, February 27, 1818).

This next  instalment for the Idle Pursuits blog tour, my upcoming poetry collection is about the process of writing poetry or the muse for 27 February, 2017.

Something  interesting to note is the synchronicity to these things, which can involve the muse.  For example, the quote I just found from Keats is also dated February 27, the same date as this blog post!  And I just noticed this after the fact.  Also W.L. Hawkins’ book To Charm a Killer has a character Michael Stryker  who is fixated on Lord Byron and drives a red Ferrari and I have written a poem about Byron, driving a red Ferrari!  Yet neither of us knew this at the time until afterwards!  You can see her comment about this in the blog post for this tour under If Byron Were Alive Today or on Goodreads.  So, perhaps, there are parallel dimensions?

What is interesting and may seem strange as a writer to say, but I am not really writing, really I feel that I am visited by my muse and am just following the process, like a journey.  Actually it feels like this for all of my writing and my artwork as well.

We can also ask our muse for guidance when needed when working on any creative project.

One may ask who or what is our muse?  I believe this is whatever inspires you–just follow your inspiration.  It’s an adventure!

Feel free to share any of your writing experiences in the comments section.  And I will see you here for the last instalment and final blog for this blog tour tomorrow 28 February, 2017, which is about the importance of poetry.  See you then!–L.P. Kirkbride