Feelings, The Poet’s Muse

Art: Poet And Muse – By Valentine Tusai

Love and heartbreak are my muse

In my writings and my truths.

To feel those extremes and feel them hard

And put them in words with careful regard.

To share the purest and darkest of feelings

With life’s happiest and saddest dealings.

Is a privilege and not a curse

Processing emotions and not feeling worse.

Finding common ground with all around

Relating your words in your blog abound.

I keep writing, day and night

Trying to get the rhythms, right.

And when I want to break my norm

I try out new poetic forms.

I like the technical aspects that apply

Just fitting in words and figuring out why.

In the end when it’s time to share,

I make my edits and choose with care.

Lest my poetry goes off the rail

Which would be an epic fail…

-AAA 07/11/2024

Poetic Alchemy

I’m trying to write new poems

And new poetic forms

I’m trying to write my usual gems

While breaking all the norms.

I like the challenge it brings

And the way it pushes my mind

Writing about all sorts of things

No two are the same kind.

Stretching as I try

To contort to all the rules

Feeling my brain fry

As I utilize my tools.

I never know what I will write

Until I reach the very end

With styles, I am an alchemist tonight

As I feel my creativity bend…

-aaa