Poetry & Journaling Archives

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!

Two Mothers Remembered by Joann Snow Duncanson

Two Mothers Remembered by Joann Snow Duncanson I had two Mothers - two Mothers I claim Two different people, yet with the same name. Two separate women, diverse by design, But I loved them both because they were mine. The first was the Mother who carried me here, Gave birth and nurtured and launched my ... Read More >>

Lynda Monk2021-09-03T11:48:06-07:00May 11th, 2019|Poetry & Journaling|

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 >>

Lynda Monk2021-09-03T11:46:29-07:00April 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 >>

Lynda Monk2018-10-22T09:50:23-07:00October 22nd, 2018|Poetry & Journaling|

Your Dreams, Hanging on Stars – Poem Journal Entry by Lynda Monk

Your Dreams, Hanging on Stars I walked past you while you slept. I saw the essence of you, in a dream. I heard your heart, your longings and your desires, as quiet whispers floating up and out into the night sky. As you slept, you dreamed about… freedom, happiness, joy, radiant health, inner peace, ... Read More >>

Lynda Monk2021-10-06T15:12:50-07:00September 4th, 2018|Poetry & Journaling|

Getting Started with Writing a Poem: without needing to know what you are going to say next by Sheila Bender

Do you like or want to write poetry? Maybe you want to craft a poem in the pages in your journal for the pure joy of it? Perhaps you want to write a poem for publication and sharing with others? Any writing involves a beginning, a way in, a starting place. Sometimes it helps to ... Read More >>

Lynda Monk2018-06-04T13:28:36-07:00March 8th, 2018|Poetry & Journaling|

Thoughts & Tips for Writing Poetry by Sheila Bender

Why Write Poetry? Psychologist Rollo May wrote in his book The Courage to Create that: "…if you do not express your own original ideas, if you do not listen to your own being, you will have betrayed yourself. Also you will have betrayed our community in failing to make your contribution to the whole." Although ... Read More >>

Lynda Monk2018-06-04T14:15:47-07:00February 3rd, 2018|Poetry & Journaling|

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