For the month of March, each day I am writing and posting a slice of my life, hosted by Two Writing Teachers.
When I am leading a Literary Club session, we often begin with reading a poem and lifting a line from that poem as a quick write. Thursday's before school meeting was no exception. We listened to author Marwa Helal read "the poem is a dream telling you its time." The phrase "...keep arriving" really stood out to me. I used this phrase to jump start my writing.
Below is my quickwrite:
"Keep Arriving"
When we finish formal schooling,
it's tempting to think
we've accomplished all we can -
as if we're done learning.
Are we ever really done
with wonder?
Are we every really done
with trying new things?
Are we every really done
with striving for improvement?
I never want to be done learning.
I hope to keep arriving.
Trina, stellar poem. Love the questions you posed and your implied answer: We are never done learning or arriving at learning. I, too find be inspiration in others’ writing, especially poetry.
ReplyDeleteOh that Marwa Helal poem is gorgeous--and new to me. Thank you for sharing it! Your poem takes flight from her words. This is such a powerful notion--learning as the place we keep arriving.
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