When your mind simply goes into overdrive.
Inspiration is a very strange thing. It is a Shapeshifter that can be a smell, an image, a sound, the taste of charcoal in the night air or simply the sensation of a spider running down your back. We never know when it is going to hit us, and for how long it will linger.
As a writer that moment has to be captured in the form of a note, a phrase or perhaps a recording. Then if needs be, it can be developed, shaped and extrapolated into something complete until the writer/poet can finally rest with, perhaps, a slight sense of satisfaction or relief.
My good friend Andrew Horner @talesofthenook came up with a challenge to write a piece to go with a short instrumental from the music on his spoken word album written by the ever so talented @eleventalesmusic
As I wrote down the poem I tried to capture the essence and rhythm of the music and found myself singing the words. The end result is a song/poem which can be found in the video. The words and the broken voice are mine, I only wish I could compose music with the versatility of @eleventalesmusic
The adapted poem is one of the 172 pieces in my poetry book “Old & UnWise – A Haphazard Collection of Poetry and thought” which is available for pre-order on most platforms. The official release date is 08 March 2024. More information can be found on my home page
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