wordswimmer

You sit waiting  for your heart to open, to reveal the words  you need to write, like waiting for a blossom  to push its green shoots up  ou...

Waiting for words to appear on the page my pen poised above a blank sheet of paper like a heron patiently watching the water as smooth as th...

You sit waiting for words, not knowing where the words will take you, waiting for the adventure  to begin, for the words to appear and lead ...

Each day is like opening a book and finding another poem waiting for you sunlight or clouds on the page shadows or raindrops the sound of th...

It's the beginning of the year and I feel unmoored, unsure  what direction to swim in. Do you feel unmoored, too? Here we are waiting fo...

Writing takes time  and patience. You wait  for words, hoping they'll come  from wherever they come and  fill the page with whatever  is...

sitting here wondering what to write waiting for a breeze carrying words to my pen staring at the blank page the way sailors must have stare...

It’s the kind of morning when I don’t think I have anything to write.  I don’t feel any need to say anything new.  I feel empty, in fact....

Take a moment to breathe. Just wait before touching your pen to the page and let the blankness of the empty journal wash over you li...

Sometimes I think revising one’s work is all about letting go. Like when you fly a kite and the wind pulls the string...

Are you willing to sit and wait for a while? Are you prepared to sit and wait for more than a few hours a day, more...

Some mornings I sit at my desk the way a man might sit on the shore and gaze out at the water of a lake or the sea watching t...

It’s painful to sit and wait for nothing to happen just sitting and holding a pen and looking at a blank page listening to ...