Again, I believe I want to retire from writing. I don’t intentionally write EXCEPT again a friend said write. Write about why you have lost your passion, your motivation, and why you are bored. And why you don’t know what to do with your septuagenarian moment in life. So, again, …
Last year I decided I wanted to retire. I no longer wanted to write, to be a writer. This year 2024, I dabbled in painting, water colors-and collage. But writing haunts me. A friend said imagine your life’s narrative, create it, write it. And I did. It’s a rough draft …
Reading THE COFFEE SHOP NE July 21, 2023 Intro: I Want Cake (bio) [see previous post of this poem] 1. There’s something about writing, about being a writer, you can’t retire from it, it’s got a hold on you despite the fact you might “want cake.” Once a writer always …
January 2023 I will be 75 years old. I’ve been writing since second grade. Fifth grade poetry club. Junior high editor of a mimeographed journal. High school creative writing club. College took the most serious turn when I wanted to read books about me, while at the same time being …
