tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8303906221917588052.post4487739380731074423..comments2023-10-19T10:51:43.826-04:00Comments on Author Amok: 30 Habits of Highly Effective Poets #2: Laura Purdie Salas on RelaxationAuthor Amokhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13636391982938592789noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8303906221917588052.post-28673704576960395022012-04-03T15:59:23.214-04:002012-04-03T15:59:23.214-04:00Salas Power!!!!!!!!!Salas Power!!!!!!!!!Charles Watershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18336052424127127605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8303906221917588052.post-41083342614287338432012-04-03T07:28:08.551-04:002012-04-03T07:28:08.551-04:00Hi, Laura. Thanks for chiming in! I like what you ...Hi, Laura. Thanks for chiming in! I like what you say about poetry and the unexpected. Poet Liz Moser will be posting on that topic later in the week.<br /><br />Maybe it's not about lowering expectations so much as this concept I've learned from yoga practice: meeting ourselves where we are. It's freeing to accept "This is what I can do today. It doesn't matter if I was 'better' yesterday. I don't have to improve by tomorrow."<br /><br />Enjoy your writing day, everyone. After Laura's post, I have a vile vilanelle bubbling up. Will report back soon.Author Amokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13636391982938592789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8303906221917588052.post-25458830548589826982012-04-03T07:02:05.846-04:002012-04-03T07:02:05.846-04:00Thanks for all your nice comments!
Renee, whew, ...Thanks for all your nice comments! <br /><br />Renee, whew, writing a villanelle on demand is tough, right? I remember writing this one mostly while walking around my sister-in-law's neighborhood in Atlanta, in the rain, with my little voice recorder in hand. We were in town for a family wedding, but I had a villanelle due!<br /><br />Laura, I'm now picturing a writing retreat that consists of a mansion full of luxury bathrooms with waterproof laptops on small tables right outside the showers!<br /><br />Lisa, thanks! (A caramel brownie is also a very good poetry ritual:>) And low, or better yet--NO, expectations are key to me. Poetry is all about the unexpected, so you hamstring yourself if you are always expecting things from yourself and your work on any given day!<br /><br />Robyn, thanks! Reading this villanelle from a few years ago makes me yearn to get out into the wilderness.<br /><br />Linda, thanks for the kind words!<br /><br />Aw, thank you, Susan! I do miss the thunderstorms of Florida, actually. I wish we got more of them in Minnesota.<br /><br />Tabatha, my genii whispers to me that you might try Ikea: http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/26472200/ Genii lamp is probably the wrong description, but it's what it makes me think of:>) And yes! Get rid of those standards/expectations. They can only hurt your first draft!laurasalashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13807781795919555208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8303906221917588052.post-68051618369672865862012-04-03T04:58:18.051-04:002012-04-03T04:58:18.051-04:00Great hearing from Laura! I wonder where you can g...Great hearing from Laura! I wonder where you can get a genii lamp? <br /><br />I like what she says about giving yourself permission to write badly! I was thinking yesterday that I should do my own NaNoWriMo, and that would definitely come in handy :-)Tabathahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14367572663591077922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8303906221917588052.post-18217909534006122142012-04-03T02:16:19.637-04:002012-04-03T02:16:19.637-04:00Love Laura's villanelle and how nice it is to ...Love Laura's villanelle and how nice it is to hear that she has no special magic outside of her immense talent that brings her beautiful poems to life.<br /><br />I do like the water for inspiration but there are only so many showers you can take in a day and we don't get many storms here in California. :)Susan Taylor Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06931432581676140096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8303906221917588052.post-6275405187477871602012-04-02T22:24:02.826-04:002012-04-02T22:24:02.826-04:00Does key lime pie really do this? Actually this i...Does key lime pie really do this? Actually this is beautiful, Laura, & I do love that line "Thanksgiving drains the darkness out of me."Linda Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14983144542632353870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8303906221917588052.post-75387913260718993862012-04-02T17:49:46.903-04:002012-04-02T17:49:46.903-04:00Great post, Laura and Laura! Some of my best frien...Great post, Laura and Laura! Some of my best friends are the "fierce and free" - such a beautiful tribute here. (And Author Amok Laura, thanks for sharing the Stafford quote, too!)Robyn Hood Blackhttp://www.robynhoodblack.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8303906221917588052.post-71326781479060230002012-04-02T14:17:59.473-04:002012-04-02T14:17:59.473-04:00That part of Laura P.S.'s observations reminds...That part of Laura P.S.'s observations reminds me of William Stafford, who wrote a daily poem. Someone asked him what if, one day, the work wasn't that good. Stafford replied,"Then I lower my standards."Author Amokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13636391982938592789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8303906221917588052.post-46020743630439710752012-04-02T13:28:29.299-04:002012-04-02T13:28:29.299-04:00Laura, what a lovely villanelle. I need to get som...Laura, what a lovely villanelle. I need to get some key lime pie, pronto! <br /><br />Thank you for sharing your rituals and especially for this thought: “It’s just a poem. If it stinks, I can ditch it. No big deal.” I like that one. Perfection (or at least a good-smelling poem) comes later. Perhaps after a nice, refreshing shower...Lisa Vihoshttp://lisapoemoftheweek.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8303906221917588052.post-61420250054188705862012-04-02T11:04:08.044-04:002012-04-02T11:04:08.044-04:00Hi, Renee. I am infamous at home for dashing out o...Hi, Renee. I am infamous at home for dashing out of the shower and running to the laptop in a towel. All that water hitting our heads -- must stimulate thought.Author Amokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13636391982938592789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8303906221917588052.post-74060034936771655652012-04-02T10:48:50.027-04:002012-04-02T10:48:50.027-04:00Love this post, and glad to see I'm not the on...Love this post, and glad to see I'm not the only one who gets clarity in the shower. Surely it's the steam. <br /><br />I remember sitting in a dorm hall at 3am as an undergrad, willing a villanelle to come out of pen for my poetry final project due the next day. Mine was disastrous - yours is definitely not! Love the "vectoring overhead."Renee LaTulippehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13520719663052253627noreply@blogger.com