I love how songs grow from talk
in Hollywood musicals
like ‘Carousel’, for instance,
and think, maybe, that’s how we should be
in our writing, loose and organic,
let the words, when they pulse with life,
grow feathers and spread their wings
as poems up and down the page
John Malone 
Right. And didn’t I hear this somewhere before: All the world should be a song. That’s a good philosophy.
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yes, indeed; a book mixing prose with poems would be an exhilarating difference —
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love when it all blends together
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so true, Beth; the only book, work of fiction that I can recall that blends prose with poetry is a children’s fantasy novel, the classic ‘Alice In Wonderland’ and that was in 1865 ! Surely there have been others since then ..
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Yes. I really like the image of the words pulsing with life and sprouting wings. Words do take their own initiative… at least in my poems. They jump into my head so unexpectedly. Nice one!
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appreciated, Worms: you can, of course, write poetic prose but there comes a time when the prose sheds its leaden skin and the poem hops on the page like a newly-minted blackbird 🙂
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🙂
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I’m loose and organic John. My feathers fly and cause ruffles sometimes….I’s all part of the game as you say
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hahahaha; I’ll pay that one, Don; cheers 🙂
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Love this John. It’s best when it happens organically.
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yes, I would like to work on a book, a short one, that combines poetry and prose growing out of each other; a rare concoction 🙂
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Sounds like a fantastic idea. And perfect for you. Looking forward to hearing about it.
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Beautifully penned!
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thank you; you made my day 🙂
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❤ You're welcome! ❤
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I don’t like musicals really… the breaking out into song doesn’t work for me, but I love how you describe writing as loose and organic. It would be great if this happened more often, but I’m fine with struggling too. Sometimes, that provides even greater satisfaction.
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I guess I’m a sucker for the old musicals; I love the eased their conversation slipped into song; I’m going to try to do that in my longer pieces, insert a poem or snippets of poems into the narrative; mAsh it up a little 🙂
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Yep! Need to break out into a song and dance once in a while. Very creative, John. 🙂
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I wish I had a better singing voice though 🙂
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I like the idea. Let some words out and they fly away, inviting other words to a dance. Could be a musical Wordloose.
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hahaha; good one, Ulle; sometimes your posts sing, the Doors one, for instance 🙂
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