“The quality which makes man want to write and be read is essentially a desire for self-exposure and masochism. Like one of those guys who has a compulsion to take his thing out and show it on the street.” – James Jones
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‘There’s no such thing as writer’s block. That was invented by people in California who couldn’t write.” – Terry Pratchett
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“A blank piece of paper is God’s way of telling us how hard it to be God.” -Sidney Sheldon
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More collaborative poems with David Bromige, my mentor… and don’t ask me who Janice or Betty is. Or if you do, I’ll tell you they are perfect illustrations of David’s humor. Putting a name like “Betty” in a poem? Writing about a jazz singer we don’t know? David was always reminding me not to take myself nor poetry too seriously…
“If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know that is poetry.” -Emily Dickinson
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To honor my mentor David Bromige, who passed away this past week, I will be posting some poems written under his tutelage or in collaboration. We would make a cup of tea, set arbitrary rules, and away we wrote~
It is with extreme sadness and spiked loss that I mention the passing of my friend and mentor, David Bromige. I wanted to be able to write a great spread of prose or poetry, honoring his sharp wit, playful creativity, and a life in words.
But for now, I will just provide this link and some quotes I captured during our lazy days writing poetry in the garden of his Sebastopol home… because sometimes things need time to sink in before the words come.
My love and support to his family Cecilia, Maggie & Chris.
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