Wordswimmer
Bruce BlackOn writing and the mystery of the writing process
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Revise, revise, revise
If you want your words
to sing on the page
you need to keep harmonizing,
keep testing different notes, trying
different combinations of words
arranging and rearranging,
then rearranging again
until the words on the page
find the ord...
Not knowing how or why
A morning of starts and stops
of false beginnings
of missteps
trying to find my footing
on a path I can’t see
working through silence
hoping to hear a voice
deleting more words
crossing out full sentences
beginning again
sto...
A writer's prayer of gratitude
Thanks to the Divine Source of words where all words begin their journey into the world.
Thanks for the desire to write and for the imagination that reveals what I can’t see with my eyes alone.
Thanks for the curiosity to explore the worl...
Before you put pen to paper
Before you put pen to paper
you listen for a voice,
for words,
for something--
a sound, an image, anything--
but hear nothing
except silence,
see nothing
except an empty page.
It’s only once you touch
the page with your pen
an...
Listen closely
You need to listen closely
to what’s in your heart
even if you can’t always
understand the language
it’s speaking.
You can feel it beating
in your chest, just beneath
your ribcage, pulsing
with life, with words
that flow onto th...
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Come swim toward a new understanding of the writing process with Bruce Black, who searches for words, poems, and stories on Florida's west coast.
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