Write Away: Just Write

007: Just write. This time of year is full of all sorts of feelings, memories, wishes, dreams, and reflections. Don't worry about punctuation, spelling, or even if you are making any sense. Don’t think to much - just write.

008: Turn it into a poem. If you want to go one step further, go back to the stream of thoughts that you just wrote down and underline words, phrases, and/or sentences that stand out to you. Then, piece them together in a poem. The poem doesn’t have to follow the same train of thought as your original writing. The poem may even take off in a completely different direction. Just have fun with it.

I have gone ahead and done both. I thought tonight would be a perfect opportunity to get some uninterrupted writing in. Everyone is asleep, I have loaves of bread to watch rise and bake for a few more hours - what else am I going to do? And with all the busy-ness of the season, I haven't had much time to just sit and write.

I used Poetic Asides Wednesday Prompt to get me going.

write away 007:

“I’ll get around to it.” I feel like I used to say that a lot more than I do now. I think I still say it, but I am getting better. It is the sign of a true procrastinator. In fact, I think that might be all a procrastinator ever says. I’m trying to be better about not procrastinating. I’ve learned the hard way too many times about not doing things when I know I need to. And there is not a worse feeling than not being prepared. Ok, there probably is a worse feeling, but it still doesn’t feel very good. I would like to try and avoid that feeling if possible. The thing about procrastination is, I find myself sometimes even procrastinating not procrastinating. I know I don’t want to procrastinate, but I’m not sure when I want to do anything about changing the fact that I procrastinate. But like I said, I am getting better. So maybe that means that I have gotten around to doing it. Maybe.

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So, then I went back and highlighted.

“I’ll get around to it.” I feel like I used to say that a lot more than I do now. I think I still say it, but I am getting better. It is the sign of a true procrastinator. In fact, I think that might be all a procrastinator ever says. I’m trying to be better about not procrastinating. I’ve learned the hard way too many times about not doing things when I know I need to. And there is not a worse feeling than not being prepared. Ok, there probably is a worse feeling, but it still doesn’t feel very good. I would like to try and avoid that feeling if possible. The thing about procrastination is, I find myself sometimes even procrastinating not procrastinating. I know I don’t want to procrastinate, but I’m not sure when I want to do anything about changing the fact that I procrastinate. But like I said, I am getting better. So maybe that means that I have gotten around to doing it. Maybe.

Here's what I came up with for a poem:

"I'll Get Around to It"

I used to say that a lot more than I do
now. I still say it, but I am getting better.

It’s the sign of a true procrastinator. That
might be all a procrastinator ever says.

I’m trying to be better about not
procrastinating. I’ve learned the hard way

too many times. There is not a worse feeling
than not being prepared or not doing

something when I know I need to. Ok,
there probably is, but it still doesn’t feel

very good. I would like to avoid it
if at all possible. I find myself sometimes

procrastinating not procrastinating.
I’m not sure when I will do something

about changing the fact that I
procrastinate. But I am getting better.

Maybe that means that I have started
getting around to doing it. Maybe.



It's a pretty fun way to write and create poetry.
It's kind of like organizing unorganized matter.
It feels good.


Go ahead -
Write Away!