Invitation to Bravery for Writers
If there's one character trait all our protagonists must have, it's bravery. AND, we as writers must cultivate courage, too. I recently shared about this in my YouTube series "Tuesday 2-Minute Writing Tip" in episode #27, "Writers Who Give Me Courage. " Of course, bravery can arrive in any number of ways, and in its own time. Here are a few poems I've written on the topic. Enjoy! INVITATION inside the center of the center of your heart a song stirs take breath part your lips spiral your tune into the broken/hopeful world —Irene Latham COURAGE HAS FOUR FEET sometimes it wakes slowly— a bear summoned by snowmelt birdsong hunger it shuffles into a greening wood thunder in its throat lightning in its eyes heartstorm stirring beneath each wobbly step —Irene Latham COURAGE The seed in the apron pocket doesn't know it will grow into corn yet it never complains about the dark or the dirt or the farmer's calloused hands— instead it simply waits for l...
