Poems from the Past: Impromptu & Frivolous
Poetic Exercises
When I first started this Substack journey last year, I dug out a folder I had kept (and forgotten about) for decades and pulled out some of the things I wrote way back in the day. Originally written in spiral notebooks, I’m surprised I still had it.
The story:
One of the things our Creative Writing Professor had us write was impromptu, almost frivolous short poems on whatever came to mind (literally) at that moment. He would give us one or two minutes to come up with something. Amazing how that jumpstarts the brain …
Below is a photo of an original notebook page I found, with one of these exercises, written on May 15, 1980, and includes the professor’s comments.
By the way - Don’t call me “Corky” or I will come and “git you” …
Happy Friday - have a great weekend. And don’t forget to look up and give thanks.
Thank you for subscribing to The Talking Pen, a creative writing site for fiction & non-fiction stories, poetry, art, and personal musings that illustrate the struggles, tragedies, and triumphs of life.
While you’re here, check out my original ‘Stack: Life UnCorked, where the focus is on successfully navigating the issues of life from a Christian point of view.
