Daily Nourishment for April 7, 2024: Poetry, Play, and Creating New Endings
Daily Nourishment Read Time: 40 seconds
Pause/Prompt/Practice Time: 15 minutes
Is it time to play a bit and let another writer fuel your creativity?
Pause.
Prompt.
Jose Hernandez Diaz also writes poems that have a lot of surrealism.
Let’s use the poem above and Diaz’s use of surrealism in several of his other poems as inspiration.
Set a timer for eight minutes.Write about a recent phone call or text exchange with a family member or friend.
Then write a new ending. Experiment! Play! What else could’ve been said? What could’ve been left unsaid? Make stuff up. Make it weird.
Practice.
Add one sentence to three more conversations today. After each phone call, text, or email exchange is complete, create something new. Don’t overthink it. Let your imagination extend what seems to be finished. Then see what happens next.
Want More?
Read about Jose Hernandez Diaz’s typical writing day.
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Upcoming Workshops & Gatherings:
—TODAY, Sunday, 4/7/2024: Thoughtful Readers Gathering with Jose Diaz Hernandez and Magic City Poetry Festival; Free, Book available for purchase.
—Sunday, 4/21/2024: Thoughtful Readers Gathering with Anna Gazmarian
—Back by Popular Demand: Narrative Writing with Tanya Davis is back for another four weeks this spring. The Friday Cohort begins on Friday, 4/19. The Saturday BIPOC Cohort begins on 4/20. $49 for four sessions.
—AND our Four-Hour Retreats are back this month to help you write more often, improve your writing skills, and feel nourished by your writing practice. The Four-Hour group retreats will also help you have greater integration between your writing life and other areas of life so you can establish a more sustainable writing practice that works for you.
SDW Members: You are eligible for a Four-Hour Retreat discount equal to your monthly membership rate. Please email me at charlotte@charlottedonlon.com for your discount code.
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