D's Poetry

Do you, girl. Do you. And post. Because every time I see you on my updates feed I know it’s going to be a good day.

I can't be anything but me :-) Thanks heaps for your comment & RL, you made my day 💕

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Continue to show your work. I wish I had that patience to wait to release a piece. Sadly, I don't. Love your work Duende xoxo

We all have our way of writing and posting, that's what makes us unique. You made me smile by saying you love my work. Thanks heaps for your comment & reading list, I appreciate it.

Damn I so relate to this, Duende.
Almost like split personalities....where my creative is the sadist
and my control freak is the masochist...luvin the pain of
organizing a messy mind.

Exactly that, Naajir, couldn't have said it any better. Somehow it's a relief I'm not the only one who edits endlessly. However with your brilliant & creative writing skills I could have known.
       
Thanks heaps for your comment, the relief & the reading list, it truly is an honor 🙏🏻

First off: I don't think one view is better than the other & I see some similarities. You wait too. Thanks heaps for your visit and comment and for leaving your thoughts, I appreciate it :-)

You love it really! (The sweat). 😂

The torture you mean? Yep, that too. Thanks for the smiles :-)

I used to agonise over posting poems

now I just post how I write unedited

That must be a relief. Thanks heaps for your comment.

yes its the "curse of the re-editing".... I used to do that... wait... I still do that... damn that curse

Yep, it's a curse. Thanks heaps for your comment & reading list, I appreciate you :-)

It takes me weeks to write a batch and then something what started out in a weeks time it's nearly different from my original draft lol... also I can never do prompts, respect to poets who can, I can never do a poem on the spot, anyways happy writing Duende 🙃❤️

It's complete transformations 😂 Thanks heaps for your vist & sharing your process.

I really enjoyed how this flows, and that final line, yes!

Thanks heaps for your comment & reading list, I appreciate it 💕

The process is everything.
Enjoyed how your put words together to form the embryo that later will breathe with life.

Exquisite tales of a poetess ...

BIG LIKE

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"Exquisite tales of a poetess" > speechless. The process is indeed everything, torture as it may be at times. Thanks heaps for your poetic comment & the BIG LIKE. I appreciate it.

That editing, overthinking, struggle with control makes it so hard. You never release less than stellar pieces, so it pays off. I wish sometimes I leaned more in that direction myself, sis 💖

It's how I am & if the result is great it was worth it. Thanks heaps for your comment, sis 💖

One of the main reasons that we're here is the many systems, the personality systems, nationality systems, religious systems, etc.  The list of systems continue as does the creative processes, our friend Bender once told us he never wrote anything down before hand. He simply wrote and submitted is great pieces, which doesn't work for I_IS_ME. Another great write lady on your system, tight  

Creative processes change and evolve continuously, it's part of life I think.
 
Thanks heaps for your extensive comment and wise words, I appreciate it you :-)

Brilliantly written, Duende. Into the list it belongs. That's a pretty cool process. Listening to music definitely affects my approach. Appreciate you.

DL  

Happy to hear you think it's a cool process. It doesn't surprise me that music affects your approach too. Thanks heaps for your comment and the reading list, I appreciate you :-)

Hoi hoi
Hope you’ll have a marvellous weekend.

As for yet another lovely poem:
I am with her. Hearts and all.

Yes, honestly.
Look at how your writes with so many people.
That’s why I use the word honesty.
Kind regards, Gus

I can't be anything but honest :-) Thanks heaps for your visit and comment, Gus.

Dear D,

I enjoyed reading your process. Everyone’s approach is so unique. It’s always like a random choreographed dance. The steps we take in writing to the finished product. A little blood, a little sweat and for me mostly a lot of tears. Lovely write. H🌷

Dear H,  
 
It's indeed amazing how different and unique our writing processes are. And that is what makes this place so valuable. Trust me, it's blood, sweat and tears here too. Tears with the most vulnerable pieces. Thanks heaps for your comment & reading list, I appreciate it 💕

Hoihoi
Back for an eyeful of happiness!
Have a wonderful weekend!
Kind regards, Gus

Ps noticed a typo in my earlier post.
I meant to say that I hope you pull strength from how much your writes resonate with Dup’ers here.

Smiles, it means a lot to me that you came back to visit this one, Gus :-)
   
That my writes resonate with many is a huge gift. Have an amazing weekend 🙏🏻

Poetry is one of the few creative activities where 'Perfectionism' ... errr ... well ... perfectly fits. With other activities it leads to verschlimmbessern.

Verschlimmbessern, what an amazing word is that. Poetry asks for perfectionism for sure. Thanks heaps for your comment and the smiles you brought, Josh, I appreciate you :-)

We've had a lot of visitors from Germany in the last couple of months, to enjoy the late Summer in Portugal - so I've been speaking German a lot and somehow this new word entered my vocabulary. I think I have a latent fear of "making things worse by trying to make them better" and hence am something of a procrastinator.
Anyway, last week we sold 'the farm' after 16 years caring for it, and I'm in a wilderness phase adjusting to the new reality - just a house and garden to look after. I hope to get serious re-learning the piano, I have a series of garden sculptures planned, have a couple of weaving projects in mind too, and I go for long walks - so business as usual being busy I guess    :)

There's something magical about learning new words :-) Selling the farm after 16 years must be a huge step an certainly an adjustment. Your plans sound amazing and I'm sure there's nothing to verschlimmbessern about. I wish you all the best at your new place & garden 🙏🏻

Thank you

You're so very welcome :-)

This is why I adore you because you are nothing else but yourself 🖤

I think you express something here that's barely spoken about regarding writing and processing, and it's the fact that there is no right or wrong way about it, there is only your own way of doing it which is all any of us can truly do, whether it's come to us through music and pictures, polished to perfection or an absolute chaotic mess of words that leave you wondering where it's all going, that's the wonderful mystique of writing 🥹

Thank you for sharing and being yourself, wouldn't have you any other way, i'll be sure to drop you a message soon :)

-Ethan

That's such a sweet thing to say, dear Ethan. I never thought about it, that there's little to no poetry about the writing process and how it goes. There's indeed no right or wrong way of doing it, since we all bring our own DNA into it and we can't be anything but our true selves.

Thanks heaps for your comment & taking her home with you. I appreciate you, lovely one 🖤

Thanks for sharing this!  The writing process can seem like something to endure, can it. It?

You're welcome. It can be a challenge, but mostly it's bliss. Thanks heaps for your visit.