These Are My JOTtings...

Fashioning the Words

Some days I feel like I am an excellent writer.
Other days it feels like I am yearning to become the writer I was created to be.
Passive words,
Active words,
What is best for the thought?
How do I craft excellence in verse?
Is it possible to surmount the Hill of Great Writing?

One day at a time...

What follows are emotional thoughts on the subject.

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Stretching mind searches words.
Make them strong, grasp active voice.
Flexing muscles, running fast,
Yearning growth, wrestled choice.

Ardent progress, struggled inch,
Swimming currents, climbing high,
Bulging muscles, conquered rope,
Flapping wings, ascending sky.

Tow'ring giant laughing sore,
Jeering progress, writer's mount
Weary muscles tussle words,
Striving mind, bursting fount.

by Jay O'Toole
on July 15th, 2017