Well, I have completed my year of poetry and what have I learned? I learned that it is difficult to keep up. Sometimes I was just throwing up crap to get it done. I set out to do something creative, but in the end it was becoming just a chore. I am glad that I did it. I’ve got 365 more poems written than I had a year ago. I think that there is potential in some of these poems to go somewhere. I don’t think that any of them are final pieces, but there are nuggets. If I were to do this again, I think that I would have to change my mindset to spend more time each day. Some days it was just a few minutes late at night. If I want to do something to be proud of, then I would have to post more finished pieces. Maybe write a draft in the morning and revise during the day before posting the finished one at night.
Where do I go from here? Well the thought has been to go back and find some of the good poems, rework them to make them better and publish a book of the years work. This still seems like a good idea, but I think that taking a break for a few more weeks seems like a good idea. I’ll keep the site up and post updates when they come.
Thanks to everyone who has followed my year.
-brian paris
