Writing isn’t magic
Triple Haiku
I thought words arrived
as if breathing were easy.
Books fooled my young eyes.
Now I know better.
Stories take patient years.
Unfinished, waiting.
I revise and stay,
asking what belongs on page.
The page asks again.
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Diani Alvarenga
Writing will never be a waste of my time.
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Let me be honest. I am finding this difficult. Now, I like a challenge, a stretch, a bit of an obstacle course. “Write about the decline of the British Empire in the form of a narrative poem in which your protagonist is an artichoke” I read, and flex my fingers. “Write a haiku to evoke the sensation of sibilance using only the first half of the alphabet.” “Well”, I think to myself, “this should be fun.” But “write about a system that isn’t working”? A system that isn’t working? Now? In 2026? ONE system? My favourite system that isn’t working? The sexiest system that isn’t working? The one giving me the most angst day to day? The one giving me the most existential dread? I am, as I say, finding this difficult. I will own that I have contemplated writing a thousand words on why the steady “all on” setting on my fairy lights is the EIGHTH of seven options which must be sequentially activated to get there, because that is a system that some fool came up with and it definitely doesn’t work, and now who is paying the price, eh? But how can I write about my fairy lights when…. When…. When….
By Hannah Moore7 days ago in Humans
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Writing and creating is never easy. Congratulations on top story.
I Like this!
To think writing would be easy! That the words would always flow onto the page just like that. I enjoyed this reality of being a writer and writing!
i experiance the last line a lot.
This is such an accurate poetry-description of the writing process. Also, loved the ending 🙂
Very relatable. Congrats on top story.
Books fooled my young eyes. That's such a potent and relatable line. Excellent work.
The patience of writing, captured so beautifully :-)
Great job🤩
So true, and well-expressed! 💜
I have so many unfinished projects.
Yes to this. I’m currently working on a story that I first drafted pre Pandemic.
Yes, it is a Process...💓 Great job, I Like this!