Creative Process

Creative Process Can I really write something astounding, grand, and glorious? Reality should be a part of all I consider when approaching a theme. Events often drive and form the poetic fabric of what we write about. Avenues of passion and emotion pervade our conscious thoughts. Taking our thoughts, fantasies, metaphors to the readers are essential. Instigating or arousing excitement makes verses interesting to read. Viewing themes from a detached perspective gives us variety in discourse. Every idea or theme is considered fair game when we poets write. Poetry is a sublime medium for relating themes to human circumstances. Rigid ideas and concepts can be artistic with the right nuance and metaphor. Onomatopoeia is expressive sound imitation of words used for poetic effect. Creativity forms the very warp and woof of what we do as poets and writers. Exceptionalism is an attitude helpful to poets as we focus on what is unique. Syntax is the structural medium for how we write and express ourselves. Sensitivity is an attribute essential to how poets evaluate their themes. Gary Bateman, Copyright © All Rights Reserved - May 1, 2015 (Acrostic) *This poem appeared in my new book with a release date of February 7, 2015