We look for inspiration when we write. We look for inspiration when we write. Often
it comes out of the blue or from the pleasant and interesting things going on
around us. A couple months ago, I found myself with my head against the wall
waiting for the 911 folks to arrive and wondered why I had put myself in that
situation. In the hospital and on my way to recovery, I began to think of all
the experiences a hospital brings: some debilitating, some embarrassing, and
some just downright nasty. With the right attitude they can be funny. I began
to think poetry as soon as I settled down in hospital routine (meals to the
minute, vital signs as soon as you fall asleep, the day’s date with nurse and
nurse tech names, shift changes with new names, morning doctor visits. I imaged
everything poetically, including the 911 activity. When not interrupted by
hospital routine, I was constructing poems, poems much too bawdy for a blog but
poems that will eventually see the light of day. Does that seem odd?
Do not let experiences pass by you. Even the most
unusual or gruesome can be an inspiration to write. I had never thought of
gruesome as an inspiration, but I cannot tell you how my mind raced once I
wandered into the groove. Now that I am at home I need to hit the computer and
put those bawdy poems to paper.
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