DAY 14 (June 25th, 2018)

THE FLUTE (UNFINISHED)

upon my deathbed I lie inert—
enfeebled heart,
mind aground,
command lost and naught to follow—
when I hear her play.

I wake and wash my face in the dun-colored dawn.

Daily Word Count: 105

EXCERPT

” … My mission … our mission, if it suits you, is to attend that hearing, gather intelligence, and get information concerning our lost agent, if at all possible.”

The 100 Day Project

The 100 Day Project is a creativity excavation. It’s about unearthing dormant or unrealized creativity by committing to a daily practice everyday for 100 days.
Creativity is a skill. The more we practice, the more skilled we become. Practice takes time. Practice takes commitment. Practice is a radical act in this speeded up world. Through practice, we develop a creative habit. Through habit, we reconnect with and know ourselves again as a creative being.

I started this, my third, 100 Day Project on June 12th, 2018. My project is to write at least one first-draft stanza inspired by a poem, a quote, an idea, a painting—anything, really (or nothing at all) and to write at least one hundred shitty first-draft words of my novel. I’ll post the results here.

Enjoy!

DAY 13 (June 24th, 2018)

DRAWING A CIRCLE

I drew a circle to find
that God dwells
in the beginning
and the end—
not in the fiery score
seething from the orchestral pit,
foretold in dreams,
to which my desperate soul
listened in vain for meaning.

The grotesque quality of everyday life conceals from you a real misery of the passions.
    —Barnave

Copied from the the book The Red and the Black, which you can buy here:

Daily Word Count: 108

EXCERPT

Burt considered that. She’s an expert with expert knowledge. That could, in fact, be useful.

The 100 Day Project

The 100 Day Project is a creativity excavation. It’s about unearthing dormant or unrealized creativity by committing to a daily practice everyday for 100 days.
Creativity is a skill. The more we practice, the more skilled we become. Practice takes time. Practice takes commitment. Practice is a radical act in this speeded up world. Through practice, we develop a creative habit. Through habit, we reconnect with and know ourselves again as a creative being.

I started this, my third, 100 Day Project on June 12th, 2018. My project is to write at least one first-draft stanza inspired by a poem, a quote, an idea, a painting—anything, really (or nothing at all) and to write at least one hundred shitty first-draft words of my novel. I’ll post the results here.

Enjoy!

DAY 12 (June 23rd, 2018)

ALL GONE

the withered arm
the withered leg
the sunken eye
the shriveled head
it’s all gone, my friend—
all gone

hold my hand
before you fall
off the cliff
and end it all
it’s all gone, my friend—
all gone

Daily Word Count: 103

EXCERPT

“I arrived some time after, since I saw your ship in the docking bay when we were debarking the taxi. The broken Flexipass was still attached to your ship. That was a dead giveaway. Which reminds me … you owe Starbots—”

The 100 Day Project

The 100 Day Project is a creativity excavation. It’s about unearthing dormant or unrealized creativity by committing to a daily practice everyday for 100 days.
Creativity is a skill. The more we practice, the more skilled we become. Practice takes time. Practice takes commitment. Practice is a radical act in this speeded up world. Through practice, we develop a creative habit. Through habit, we reconnect with and know ourselves again as a creative being.

I started this, my third, 100 Day Project on June 12th, 2018. My project is to write at least one first-draft stanza inspired by a poem, a quote, an idea, a painting—anything, really (or nothing at all) and to write at least one hundred shitty first-draft words of my novel. I’ll post the results here.

Enjoy!

DAY 11 (June 22nd, 2018)

Words pour out of me
like blood from a struck animal.

Daily Word Count: 103

EXCERPT

After discussing my dissertation with my professor (the system renowned Professor S’Aerhir—you may have heard of him; no wait, you probably haven’t), he informed me that there have been reports of a secret initiation ritual among the Hejis that may involve a form of subliminal poetics as yet unknown to us.

The 100 Day Project

The 100 Day Project is a creativity excavation. It’s about unearthing dormant or unrealized creativity by committing to a daily practice everyday for 100 days.
Creativity is a skill. The more we practice, the more skilled we become. Practice takes time. Practice takes commitment. Practice is a radical act in this speeded up world. Through practice, we develop a creative habit. Through habit, we reconnect with and know ourselves again as a creative being.

I started this, my third, 100 Day Project on June 12th, 2018. My project is to write at least one first-draft stanza inspired by a poem, a quote, an idea, a painting—anything, really (or nothing at all) and to write at least one hundred shitty first-draft words of my novel. I’ll post the results here.

Enjoy!

DAY 10 (June 21st, 2018)

TIME AGAIN

Time again to hold your hand
and see again with your eyes,
to topple walls of sound unbidden,
to drink fire
and smoke of resurrection.

Daily Word Count: 103

EXCERPT

Burt thought furiously. He looked at her big almond eyes. I really do want to see her again.

The 100 Day Project

The 100 Day Project is a creativity excavation. It’s about unearthing dormant or unrealized creativity by committing to a daily practice everyday for 100 days.
Creativity is a skill. The more we practice, the more skilled we become. Practice takes time. Practice takes commitment. Practice is a radical act in this speeded up world. Through practice, we develop a creative habit. Through habit, we reconnect with and know ourselves again as a creative being.

I started this, my third, 100 Day Project on June 12th, 2018. My project is to write at least one first-draft stanza inspired by a poem, a quote, an idea, a painting—anything, really (or nothing at all) and to write at least one hundred shitty first-draft words of my novel. I’ll post the results here.

Enjoy!

DAY 9 (June 20th, 2018)

I once met a woman like you.
She, too, fears God,
despite the devil salivating inside her.
I will teach her to tame it and
how to be loved.

Daily Word Count: 125

EXCERPT

Burt pulled out the card that had been given him by the Shpirt and handed it to Charlot.

The 100 Day Project

The 100 Day Project is a creativity excavation. It’s about unearthing dormant or unrealized creativity by committing to a daily practice everyday for 100 days.
Creativity is a skill. The more we practice, the more skilled we become. Practice takes time. Practice takes commitment. Practice is a radical act in this speeded up world. Through practice, we develop a creative habit. Through habit, we reconnect with and know ourselves again as a creative being.

I started this, my third, 100 Day Project on June 12th, 2018. My project is to write at least one first-draft stanza inspired by a poem, a quote, an idea, a painting—anything, really (or nothing at all) and to write at least one hundred shitty first-draft words of my novel. I’ll post the results here.

Enjoy!

DAY 8 (June 19th, 2018)

Where goes this road?
Writhing like a wounded serpent
To hell with the odyssey
I fall to my knees and from my
eyes fly iron-tipped spears
to slay the black mountain.

Still
I cannot see past it.

A poem titled DARK LOOKS by Denise Levertov:

Strange: today the mountain
—circled by curly cherub clouds
beyond the glittering lake
and vague middle-distance—

looks dark, not snowy,
at odds with the benign
October light, a frowning
humorless old prophet,

sullen among the putti

Copied from the book This Great Unknowing, which you can buy here:

Daily Word Count: 125

EXCERPT

Charlot’s face reddened, and Burt regretted saying it … although he was certain he had every right to say it.

The 100 Day Project

The 100 Day Project is a creativity excavation. It’s about unearthing dormant or unrealized creativity by committing to a daily practice everyday for 100 days.
Creativity is a skill. The more we practice, the more skilled we become. Practice takes time. Practice takes commitment. Practice is a radical act in this speeded up world. Through practice, we develop a creative habit. Through habit, we reconnect with and know ourselves again as a creative being.

I started this, my third, 100 Day Project on June 12th, 2018. My project is to write at least one first-draft stanza inspired by a poem, a quote, an idea, a painting—anything, really (or nothing at all) and to write at least one hundred shitty first-draft words of my novel. I’ll post the results here.

Enjoy!

DAY 7 (June 18th, 2018)

How I wish you were here,
the way you once were
before we planted our wounded bodies
like flags on some war-torn hill
in the middle of no one cares.

Daily Word Count: 141

EXCERPT

“The study of manipulating the mind, emotions, and will of individuals by the implantation of directives and ideas into the subconscious of the listeners of poetry, epic poetry, and stories.”

The 100 Day Project

The 100 Day Project is a creativity excavation. It’s about unearthing dormant or unrealized creativity by committing to a daily practice everyday for 100 days.
Creativity is a skill. The more we practice, the more skilled we become. Practice takes time. Practice takes commitment. Practice is a radical act in this speeded up world. Through practice, we develop a creative habit. Through habit, we reconnect with and know ourselves again as a creative being.

I started this, my third, 100 Day Project on June 12th, 2018. My project is to write at least one first-draft stanza inspired by a poem, a quote, an idea, a painting—anything, really (or nothing at all) and to write at least one hundred shitty first-draft words of my novel. I’ll post the results here.

Enjoy!

DAY 6 (June 17th, 2018)

the time is short
shorter than you think
blink and it’s gone
and so are possibilities

Daily Word Count: 101

EXCERPT

At any rate, I happen to be working on a dissertation for a doctorate in subliminal poetics at the University of Ferrara.

The 100 Day Project

The 100 Day Project is a creativity excavation. It’s about unearthing dormant or unrealized creativity by committing to a daily practice everyday for 100 days.
Creativity is a skill. The more we practice, the more skilled we become. Practice takes time. Practice takes commitment. Practice is a radical act in this speeded up world. Through practice, we develop a creative habit. Through habit, we reconnect with and know ourselves again as a creative being.

I started this, my third, 100 Day Project on June 12th, 2018. My project is to write at least one first-draft stanza inspired by a poem, a quote, an idea, a painting—anything, really (or nothing at all) and to write at least one hundred shitty first-draft words of my novel. I’ll post the results here.

Enjoy!