I've been wanting to do Jeannine's 10 books that influence you meme, but for some reason, I'm having a hard time with it. I think something is wrong with me.
Two books that pop in my head are Swimming the Witch and Miracle Fruit. Both books help me eke out ideas about my own life, help me make connections that I wouldn't normally. But I don't think there are any other books that do that for me. So often, even if I love a book, I can't go back to it for ideas, they only come on the first reading.
Most of my poem ideas come from conversations, my old journals, and pictures. That's why I worry that I'll run out of poems. I don't really, though, not lately, because the ideas are coming so fast my primary concern is whether or not I'll have time to put them on paper.
Speaking of having time, I have a lot of work to do today. I shouldn't be blogging.
ghosts of septembers past
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