About This Author
My name is Joy, and I love to write.
Why poetry, here? Because poetry uplifts its writer, and if she is lucky enough, her readers, too. Around us, so many objects abound to write about. Once a poet starts with a smallest, most trivial object, he shall discover that his pen will spill out what is most delicate or most majestic hidden inside him. Since the classics sometimes dealt with lofty subjects with a lofty language, a person with poetry in his soul may incline to emulate that. That is understandable. Poetry does that to a person: it enlarges the soul and gives it wings. Yet, to really soar, a poet needs to take off from the ground.
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Off the Cuff / My Other Journal #694668 added April 29, 2010 at 1:43pm Restrictions: None
A Story A Day in May 2010
I first saw a story a day idea, several days ago, in one of the tweets sent my way. I think it came from Writer’s Digest, but I am not too sure. A search in their website didn't give me anything. Anyhow, a Google search gave these links.
http://www.inkygirl.com/story-a-day-challenge-for-writers-may-2010/
http://storyaday.org/tag/write/
And this one from a writer who claims to be a relative of Mark Twain.
http://mjtwainstories.wordpress.com/about/
Anyhow, I am impressed, and after having written a poem a day in April, I think I’ll try this on my own, sort of like an adventure, with no strings attached.
Although I have two books for short stories, I made another one just for this purpose, "Dancing in My Own Scene " , which means the first entry will be on Saturday.
Eeeek! I am scared, yet excited. This is like the joy of having a real hot, peppery kind of meal and worrying it will burn a hole in my stomach, but then I may come out of it with only nausea.
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