Before the Sea

Thanks for saying so, Tracey.  I think so, too, so I'll switch it back to it's former tacky syntax.  I don't know why I liked it better that way, but it had something to do with flow, which still concerns me with this poem.  It sounds choppy to me when I read it.   Is it possible to have a fan base if you write a poem a year (but only on good years?)   I wanted to figure out how to start a discussion topic on where you all draw inspiration from . . . or how to just make yourself write.  I'm excellent at finding just about anything else to do (right down to scrubbing the toilets), before I"ll sit and write poetry.  I'm reading through the bodies of work here and I'm in awe of not only the talent, but the substantial bodies of work, too!    Or maybe that topics already been covered and someone can point me there.