Poetry & Journaling

Poetic writing can naturally emerge in the pages of your journal.  Many journal writers have a love of poetry, words and stories.  Many poets keep journals. Be inspired by the poems within our IAJW Journal Blog!

YES – A Poem by Hiro Boga

YES now this is what I feed myself: sleep in the nest of my feather bed; buttered cream of wheat with goat’s milk and cardamom beethoven quartets, shimmering jazz renata tebaldi’s legs wrapped around verdi. poems that bloom like roadside daisies jane hirshfield, seamus heaney basho. rilke white chrysanthemums in a blue vase my fingers ... Read More >>

2021-09-03T11:46:29-07:00April 1st, 2019|Poetry & Journaling|

Plea by Frances Balter

I love reading poetry.  I am a quote collector.  I have the words of others in my journals, on post-it notes hanging on my walls.  Powerful words inspire my own writing in my journal and beyond. The following poem Plea by Frances Balter is a wonderful invitation, as Pat Schneider (author of How the Light ... Read More >>

2018-10-22T09:50:23-07:00October 22nd, 2018|Poetry & Journaling|
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