Golden Heart

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There is a crack, a crack in everything
That's how the light gets in,
There is a sun that will be seen,
Somber rays will glisten again,
A golden heart make break apart
And leave you in its wake,
But the river's wise, will calm your eyes,
And cradle you, for hope's sake

This week’s Wea’ve Written Weekly prompt is from Ange, who asks us to work with another poem:

  • Below are the first 14 lines of Leonard Cohen’s (1934 – 2016) ‘Anthem’;
    • Select any two or three of the lines from Leonard Cohen’s (1934 – 2016) ‘Anthem‘ and incorporate them into a poem of your own;
      • You must: keep Cohen’s words in the original order, but you may change the punctuation;
      • Your poem should be no less than five lines and no more than 20 lines.

It’s that rush right before the school year, and I feel that the current is sweeping me away. There have been many times this past year where I promised myself that I would write more (and query more), and I’ve let myself down a lot of the time. Looking ahead and seeing that I’ll have over 170 students this semester between 7 mostly writing-heavy classes, I feel once again like I’m disappointing myself as far as my writing and publishing goals go. Whenever my schedule is too full, writing is always the piece that gets left in the dust. My family and my students take priority, plus late summer is a crazy busy season for our little hobby farm (everyone who visits us is in danger of leaving with an armload of cucumbers, summer squash, and tomatoes, as well as my homemade salsa).

My husband jokes that he wants to send me on a weeklong trip to some exotic destination where I can just write and relax, but it’s never quite matched up with our work schedules and finances. Maybe someday, lol. In the meantime, I’m learning to give myself grace to not feel discouraged when things don’t go as planned (for a while). The light will get in despite these fissures. 💛

24 thoughts on “Golden Heart”

  1. I know that feeling. When my sons were young I was working, tending to the family, maintaining a home, and traveling to visit my parents 3.5 hrs away at least every other weekend. It was exhausting. I wanted to write, do art, have time for friends…. so I just decided to blog. I set aside my “sacred” hour – just after the boys were put to bed. It was a time when I was left alone. Unless the house was on fire it could wait until that hour was up!! I hope you can carve out some sacred time to nourish your heart and soul!!

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    1. Thank you, Muri! It’s helpful to hear that others can relate. It’s been such a busy time of life, but also a very good time; I just have to try to sneak in that writing time for myself. Maybe I can call it self care 😉🥰

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  5. I’m not a big poem person, but I really loved this poem🩵 It’s very evocative 👏🏼 And maybe writing awesome poems like this should soothe the part of you that feels bad for not having time to write a book or querying. You’re still being very creative in the meanwhile. I hope you soon get a good gap in your schedule!

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