A Popped-into-My-Head Poem
I am pleased to share that my poem “To Live by the Sea” appears in Volume 15 of DASH Literary Journal. I had the pleasure of reading the poem over Zoom on launch day to the students in the class that produced the journal.
I’m not sure what kind of poem it is. Sort of Imagist but not really? The first line popped into my head one day, and I built a poem around it.
Elizabeth Gauffreau 
Ahhh! This is lovely! Isn’t that wonderful when a line just pops into mind and you can write the rest around it? That rarely happens to me, but when it does–it’s magical. Cheers!
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Thank you, Cecelia! I love it when the magic happens.
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Loved this. Watching the visuals with the poem, was delightful!
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Thank you, Damyanti! I’m so glad you enjoyed the video.
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Beautiful poem and video Liz. Trying to catch up on that which I have missed over the last two weeks.
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Thank you, Goff. I’m glad you enjoyed them.
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Trying to get back in the groove!
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I love to live by the sea, Liz. Your poem is lovely and the reading is perfect. I like the images you included in the video. I’ll see you in the morning.
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I’m so glad you enjoyed the poem and the video, Miriam!
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Congratulations on the publication of your poem, Liz!
It’s absolutely lovely, and I sure enjoyed listening to you recite it!
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Thank you very much on all counts, Resa!! I’m so glad you enjoyed the video.
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Such a beautiful poem ~ and to hear you recite your work is special. To live by the sea… the video places me there along with your words.
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Thank you very much. I’m delighted that my poem transported you to the sea.
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Love the poem and video Liz! I’m catching up with some of my favourite blogs after a busy few weeks when I read and enjoyed posts – then didn’t always get back to the blog to like and comment. Excellent work!
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Thank you so much, Meryl! I appreciate your coming back to comment.
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I had a lot of problems sending my comment. WordPress was playing up this morning! I hope I didn’t end up sending it three times. I’m trying to like and comment on some of your other posts but there’s a glitch somewhere! M
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WordPress has been giving other people fits lately as well. I’ve encountered a few gremlins myself.
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Love the poem and video Liz! I’m catching up with some of my favourite blogs after a busy few weeks when I read and enjoyed posts – then didn’t always get back to the blog to like and comment. Excellent work!
Meryl
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This is a great poem, Liz. The sea teaches us many things with it’s constant ebb and flow.
May I use your opening line for our d’Verse prompt today in which we choose an opening line from a friend’s poem to write a poem about friendship. I would use: “One must live by the sea to understand…”
Dwight
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Thank you, Dwight! I’m so glad the poem resonates for you. Yes, please feel free to use the first line. I’ll be very interested to see how your poem turns out.
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Thank you, Liz. I am working on it!
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You’re welcome, Dwight. I look forward to reading it!
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It is up and posted!
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Wonderful!
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I seem to have missed this before, so I am pleased Dwight led me over
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Thank you, Derrick. 🙂
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