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Rain, melting snow and wet chickadees

February 17, 2013 by chrisbkm

Posted in Life, Poetry, Sketches | Tagged creativity, ideas, journal, nature, notebook, poems, thoughts, writing, writing process | 17 Comments

17 Responses

on February 17, 2013 at 1:15 pm | Reply anisjarossi

Scrap book nicely presented.
- on February 19, 2013 at 9:48 pm | Reply chrisbkm
  
  Thank you.
on February 17, 2013 at 1:16 pm | Reply angie werren

I love seeing your notes, the scribbles and all. it’s like peeking over your shoulder. and there’s something cool about seeing actual handwriting, too.
- on February 19, 2013 at 9:49 pm | Reply chrisbkm
  
  Thanks Angie.
on February 17, 2013 at 4:45 pm | Reply ShimonZ

I have a great longing for those notebooks that I carried with me everywhere, sometimes in a backpack and sometimes in a brief case. So much went into them… and most of them still exist, but for some reason I never look at them anymore. I suppose they were more for the writing down, than for the reading… but then… rather suddenly, they were replaced by computer, and then by computers as the years went by. Thanks so much for sharing. A beautiful page of notes…
- on February 19, 2013 at 10:01 pm | Reply chrisbkm
  
  Thanks for your comment Shimon. I find the notebook can be a bit of a discipline, though very rewarding. I love the computer as an instrument to craft and play out the words, but there is a texture and flavour to the traditional notebook the computer and notebook applications can’t replace. Perhaps it’s the fingerprint.
on February 17, 2013 at 5:08 pm | Reply Michele Seminara

Loved getting a peak into this.
on February 17, 2013 at 9:02 pm | Reply Audrey Chin

Just so. 8 perfect syllables.
on February 17, 2013 at 9:02 pm | Reply Audrey Chin

Ah, it was 9 syllables. Still…
- on February 19, 2013 at 10:02 pm | Reply chrisbkm
  
  Thank you Audrey… on both counts!
on February 18, 2013 at 8:26 am | Reply Virgilio GaviaVirgilio

lovely! i also use a journal.
- on February 19, 2013 at 10:04 pm | Reply chrisbkm
  
  Thank you Virgilio. I would love to see what your pages look like! My guess would be a simple grace… like your blog.
on February 19, 2013 at 4:36 am | Reply aleafinspringtime

I whisper to the dog, “are you sad?” Thank you so much for sharing this with us Chris. This is precious. Sharon
on February 19, 2013 at 2:34 pm | Reply aleafinspringtime

Dear Chris,
I just had to come back one more time to tell you this. I was on the bus in downtown Helsinki going for my annual check-up and looking out the mud-flecked window and all I could think of was the brilliance of “readonewordatatime” which you had written in your journal. And it made me smile so deep inside. And I thought you should know that. Have you thought of doing an illustration to your hand-written poems and get it published? Because I think it would be a beautiful anthology that I would love to own. Thank you for giving me such a great reason to smile today! Sharon
- on February 19, 2013 at 2:45 pm | Reply chrisbkm
  
  And now you’ve given me the deep smile! It’s so nice having you back Sharon.
  No I haven’t thought about anything like illustrating or publishing. This would put a little too much pressure on something that is flowing nicely and following its own path. Maybe someday. Or maybe not.
  
  Thanks so much for your thoughts!
  
  Chris
on February 20, 2013 at 4:06 am | Reply dadirri7

i find this very thought provoking and inspiring; ideas, thoughts, moments of in sight … incredibly rich, thanks for sharing
on March 16, 2013 at 2:37 am | Reply Jamie Dedes

Whittling your way into poem … nice presentation.