Wheel of Fortune

Hecate and Hestia

Hecate and Hestia---two Greek goddesses from totally different points on the archetypal spectrum are calling me today.

Hestia---from a prompt in the Writer's Cramp: "The Writer's Cramp - Poetry Week" 

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and Hecate in a reply to the poetic form: "Pi - Archimedes'" 

that old strumpet
Hecate
called me out today
"Come Play!"
her soft, plangent voice, rich with rotten lushness,
bring your dented, battered, menopausal carcass!


I have broken through a bout of writer's block thanks to the advice of Kåre Enga in Montana of writing for quantity and not quality. Quality can come later with rewriting. I decided to enter a poem each day to the Writer's Cramp for Poetry Week----whether I thought it was good, or terrible, I was going to enter something.

This gives you the freedom to experiment and play and helps to generate ideas and creativity.

That is how I started writing again after decades of nothing. A friend invited me to play an on-line poetry game using one-word prompts...I found my long lost love of words and language returning and haven't looked back, since. It's become a source of much pleasure and joy in my life.


And I'm coming up to my second-year birthday here at Writing.com!