It's getting to that time in NaPoWriMo2007 when inspiration is becoming difficult to find. I had thought to get round that problem from the off, by using the first track my iPod's song shuffle came up with each day as a sort of kickstart. It has been working quite well - I've tried not to really tie the poems to the songs, just to use the track as a way of getting my mind working. Yesterday, though, even with The Blue Nile's wonderful Saturday Night to work with, I struggled badly. Today it's XTC's Yacht Dance - no ideas yet, but I'll get cracking when I get home.
The link above will take you to what I've written so far for the challenge. Whatever happens, it's been a lot of fun, and it's helped me come up with at least a few poems that are worth further work. Perhaps most importantly, I've got into good habits of making more time for writing, something I intend to continue.
5 comments:
oh we will dance like tiny boats ...
I'd forgotten what a good song it is
How could you forget that one? :-)
And all the world is football-shaped
It's just for me to kick in space
I listen to Skylarking all the time, but it was a while since I'd listened to English Settlement. Both great albums
What about Wasp Star and Apple Venus? Andy Partridge, what a songwriter! As my friend Don said about "I'm the Man Who Murdered Love" (in response to my observation that in a just world that song would have been a billion-seller): "That's what we pay him for."
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