Watermark

Confession

What do you bring to the confessional?
Wasted hours; a kind thing undone,
and another, and another; or some
singular crime, a thought or deed
that left a wound, some innocent
bereft of confidence and cheer?
Have you taken what was not yours
to keep; kissed one not yours to claim?
Or is it deeper, darker than these?
Did you see your path was cold
and steep, so turn an easier way?
Have you scoured your heart of love,
set it to harden in a kiln of rage?
Drop it on the tiles, then. Let it break.

   

Introduce Yourself!

This is Watermark's third INTRODUCE YOURSELF! post. As before, new folks are coming by (this time, many of them from Etsy.) The first INTRODUCE YOURSELF! thread was about creativity; the second was about poetry.

These are new questions, so feel free to jump in even if you already introduced yourself in an earlier thread. If you put your URL in the offered box, we'll all be able to visit you at your own site.

This is a tough one, though:

• What difficult challenges have you met in your creative life?
• How have you met them?
• What, if anything, do wish you had done differently?
• What creative challenge are you facing now?

I will answer these questions, too -- but not for awhile. I'm going to be mostly offline for the next ten days, and I'm leaving Watermark in your hands.

So, go at it,  and have fun!