Poets' Notebooks

I found this meme at chanticleer and Big Window -- Eduardo says:

Every poet I know carries around a notebook to jot down ideas, images, bits of interesting data. I've always wanted to take a peek inside another poet's notebook. So I'm asking other bloggers to post a page from their notebooks on their blogs.

Here is this poet's notebook, the most recent pages and a shot of the cover, with the stick I was trying to draw:

   

You can see the poem that came out of these jottings here.

Eduardo has a long list of poets who have posted either pictures or out- takes of their notebooks -- he is overwhelmed with the html to link them all, and I've nothing better to do and an easy interface, so I shall do it here:

Therapist With A Dream Inside
Avoiding the Muse
Sea-Camel
Barbara Jane's New Blog
the world a letter
Almost I rushed from home to tell you this
beautiful monsters
JewishyIrishy
Ivy  [Hi Ivy!]
Box of Birds
Radish King  [Hi Rebecca!]
*~gila monster~*
Ironic points of light
the wendy house
Pugnacious Pinoy
litwindowpane
The World According to Ess
Whimsy Speaks
Quoi?
Book of Kells
Kutibeng
early hours of sky
vowel movements
Small Branches Poetry
Awake at Dawn on Someone's Couch
one good bumblebee
écritures bleues

If I have missed anyone, and as there are additions, please let me know and I'll add them to the list. This was a great idea!

Monday, 10 January:  I am adding Bookworm -- a nice meditation on paper writing and notebooks, independent of the meme.  And another addition below -- keep telling me, and I'll keep adding:

Humanyms
Scoplaw

My notebooks are Circa notebooks, from Levenger. I love this system -- I have a punch so I can add computer-printed pages (or anything else) to the current notebook; and file folders specifically designed for Circa pages for all my old notebooks.  Levenger's paper is great -- wonderful to the pen, and heavy enough that even wide fountain pens don't show through on the other side. It comes in graph and lined paper, as well as the plain you see here. (Well, it used to -- I don't see it on the website today.) When funds are tight, regular paper works just fine.

Comments

[Daisy]

It feels a little voyeuristic (like checking someone's bathroom cabinet while a guest in their home) but it's very interesting to see others' notebooks (even us non poets!)

[Mary]

I would like to suggest: http://sisteranan.blogspot.com/
She's done some beautiful work.

[eduardo c. corral]

Thanks SB! I posted a link to this page in one of my latest posts. And that's for linking to your poem that came from your notebook notes. Very cool.

[Pearl]

Hi this is a neat idea. Would you add mine to this list? http://www.pagehalffull.com/humanyms/index.php?p=63

[pankaj]

this is very good ideas