Everyday Inspiration

Where do you look for inspiration? The moon and the stars? Mountains and oceans? Major events like births, deaths, weddings or graduations?

 

Writers are encouraged to write everyday, but are we willing to write about the everyday? The commonplace. Breakfast, lunch and dinner. A cup of coffee. The drive to the grocery store.

 

I couldn't write poetry regularly until I began writing about the everyday. Then a funny thing happened. The everyday became special. I could write about routine things because I took note of them and saw detail I hadn't paid attention to before.

 

How many of you have had the experience described in the following poem? 

 

Deprived

I scrutinize

the rectangle

in my hands.

It doesn’t

look worn.

I grip each end

and give a little tug.

Make sure all

the corners lie flat.

Face the top of

George’s head

to the left,

just like in

the picture

near the slot.

The machine

starts to take

the dollar in

but spits it

back out.

I have

no other

to use

in its place.

 

 

What everyday experiences have you written about?

 

 

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