Tag: writing
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A Poet on “Faith”
So, I am a poet. I am also a person of faith. I have not always been a person of faith. Like Yusuf, Cat Stevens, I have journeyed to come to a place of believing in something. An awareness or belief in something mystic is often called “faith” , but I don’t know if that…
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Faith
So, “Pops” is a person of faith. Right away some people will cringe. Issues of faith have been so exploited and misrepresented, often by the very people who present the beliefs, that it is even difficult to listen seriously to anyone who talks about church, faith, Christianity or the Bible. But, please, don’t write me…
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Work. Finish. Then say, “I’m a writer.”
I meet a lot of your “writers”. They call themselves “writers” because they like to write. In fact, they do write, as long as by writing we mean words on paper or words on a screen. However, if by “writer” we mean craftsman, people who have studied and perfected a craft, then they are deluded…
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hide the darkness
in the half lightof the shade paradevague answers and imagesat least the gaslight is onto hide the darkness
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rainbows out of reach
there’s ice in the cloudsrainbows aloftpromisesjust out of reachand a cold cold heart
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Vision – do you have “it”
People love to claim “vision” or that they are “visionaries”. My experience is that they use this term to qualify themselves as having “good ideas” “I am an idea person.” Statistically, three percent (3%) of all ideas are any good. Being an idea person doesn’t make you a visionary. My editor at Random House once…
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Developing Style
When I was a young poet, I wrote following the disciplines for traditional poetry. I used specific rhyme, meter, rhythm as dictated by the study of classical writing. I was challenged by a teacher in university to depart from classical iambic pentameter or sonnet ABAB CDCD etc. and dabble in free verse. Eventually, i developed…
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Step 3
I began offering some tips for gaining control over situations in life. Step 1 was to face life as it is, not as you wish or want it to be. See things as they are in order to begin getting control. Step 2 instructed us to get rid of all negatives. Some negatives are obvious.…
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Avoidance and Writing
I don’t know how writer’s block manifests in your world. For me, it comes to visit through avoidance. Sub-consciously I am very busy and each time I come to the task there is some other “thing” which demands my attention. Most recently, I sat to work on a script. The absolute last moment deadline is…
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Not Me – HAL 9000
AI seems to be very vogue in discussions around circles I frequent. Educators, theologians, farmers and friends are all passing on AI wisdom and warnings. So, what has Pops to say? Have you ever used spellcheck or allowed your computer to correct your grammar? Well, there you go – artificial intelligence has been part of…
Mike "Pops" Klumpp 