Creative spaces in the garden

Over at the Imaginary Garden with Real Toads, our boss toad Kerry has asked us to consider our creative spaces, and to be creative in our approaches to the idea.

“Whether your approach to the theme is literal, figurative, symbolic or zen is entirely up to you,” she says.

Here, then, is mine, approached, as usual, sideways instead of straight on. I started writing more than 60 years ago, and haven't made much progress, but I've had a lot of fun with it.

it started with a pencil

now I need a board of keys

so I can let my thoughts be-

come my bits of poetry...

my poetry is often bad

but it is very seldom sad,

for playing

like a wordsmith

is the best fun to be had.

words are my tools

and they’re my toys

unlike the toys

of girls and boys

that must be sought

and then be bought...

my words

are in my head!

words wake me up

sometimes at night

and if I love

them, then I might

get up and turn

my iMac on

and play with words

until the dawn,

or write them down

and then

go back to sleep...

I never know

what words will do

when in my head

they show—

they often might

a poem make

or else they might

be a mistake

I never know

what words will do

to me.

Kay L. Davies, February, 2014

Author photo by Richard Schear.

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