ThePrettyPoems

When I found this at my favorite thrift store I squealed.  This was worth it's weight in gold! The narrator immediately sat me down to talk about the craft of writing, and it felt like someone finally understood. I started to doubt my writing abilities around 7k words. My characters were doing things on their own accord, without telling me, I was just watching them thinking they'd do something else. Actually, every time I sit down and write, I'm surprised by something. A piece of plot. The way something was said. Where my characters go. I knew I was going to rewrite the first chapter, but do I do it now? I realized I needed to trust myself and keep going. I find Bird by Bird was written for writers like myself, who discover the characters and plot as they write. There are gems everywhere in this book.A huge lesson throughout it is to trust yourself as a writer. This will be a book I keep forever.

This poetry collection has 19 original love poems. When choosing the poems I started to notice similiar symbols in the name of love - dreamy illusions, nakedness, the true nature of romance. These are Romeo & Juliet type romance. Steamy, intimate, there is a poem about taking a bath with your lover. One of my best poems is in here "Sunflower" and one of my personal favorites which is called "Endymion." I've already recieved two positive reviews. This is a dream come true for me as pain drove me to write hard. I was diagnosed with a rare nerve disease called CRPS, it's painful to create but I'm not alive if I can't create. That's a whole other story, for a different poetry chapbook. The link to my poetry chap book Lock & Key is here

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 I. Bella Donna “What of Art? -It is a malady. –Love? -An Illusion. oscar wilde, the portrait of dorian grey The playing cards he shuffled had authentic Audubon designs. As he shuffled the deck thoroughly so the game was fair, the cards sounding like a bird ruffling his feathers. Bella donna took a seat next to the losing players and said nothing about Shepherd’s winning streak . Shepherd was having fun shuffling the cards with one hand. “I’ve never seen someone win so many games of Rummy in a row.” Said one of the players bitterly. “Its easy when you have a winning strategy.” Shepherd cut the deck in half. This was a game hed played since he was a kid. These cards were his special deck of cards, the ones with the paintings of birds on them. “I’ve also never seen someone shuffle cards like a magician.” Bella Donna remarked, she felt hypnotized after watching him shuffle those cards like a waterfall. “You think I’m a magician?” Shepherd laughed as he dealt t