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seeing the divine (a first draft)

In my poems, process on October 2, 2008 at 7:01 pm

if you’re not a person who likes a lot of hulla-balloo about process, you should probably forget we ever met. no hard feelings. i just can’t get enough of it. i love writers who are transparent about their writing lives and their process, and i enjoy sharing the muck i slosh around in before i get anything coherent.

so even though i have a piece (a draft) of a poem for the read write prompt, i want to show you what i’m working with:

#1 / a quote: The fault is in the blamer. Spirit sees nothing to criticize. ~Rumi

#2 / excerpts from a free write (posted previously).

so here’s the piece …

it is an experiment for me and a divergence from What I Usually Write. earlier in the summer, i set a goal of writing a prayer poem and i had no luck. looks like i just found some.

THIS PIECE WAS A FIRST DRAFT, REMOVED BY THE AUTHOR FOR REVISION AFTER A 2-WEEK “LIVE” RUN.