Michelle C

Poet, thinker, teacher, learner, writer, searcher, wanderer. Working on a book of poetry and young adult book in verse.

[Michelle C @writereclectic]

find myself
in poetry

etched

on my
skin

on my
bones

pen inked
with blood’s

calling

to be
written

to be
spoken

words & sounds
permanent

tattoo upon

heart
mind
soul

#POETHEME #poetry #poem

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

Here’s my statement on today’s violence at the Capitol.

[Michelle C @writereclectic]

If you are at a “loss for words” or you “don’t know what to say” then grab a dictionary because no one should remain silent anymore in the face of such hate, racism, classism, good boyism bullshit.

[Diversity is Lit Book Club @DiversityisLit]

July's Book of the Month is A Song of Wraiths and Ruin by @rosiesrambles!

A gripping fantasy inspired by West African folklore where a grieving crown princess and a desperate refugee find themselves on a collision course to murder each other despite their growing attraction.

[Michelle C @writereclectic]

If WHO I am

isn’t WHAT I am

WHEN will I decide

WHERE I am is hindering

WHY I write

HOW I create

and who I WANT TO BE

#deepthoughts #poeticmusings

[Michelle C @writereclectic]

The next decade is

(b)looming

with all the possibilities
of beginnings & endings

#creativespark #poetry

[Michelle C @writereclectic]

I can’t think
of the last time
my mind &
my heart shared
the same desire
to create beauty

until today

#amwriting again, finally

[Michelle C @writereclectic]

When the need to create causes paralysis of brain cells and all that comes out is...

Flowers pretty
Sky blue
Words hard
I think so too 🤣🤣🤣

#writingishard #amwriting or at least I am trying too! 😜

[Michelle C @writereclectic]

I write words

I dream dreams

I watch these worlds

collide in possibility

Aspiring author I am

must create to achieve

my writer soul yearns

to be read by the world

#amwriting #aspiringauthor

[Mandi Lynn @mandilynnwrites]

I HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT!

The second round of the #10kwritingchallenge is officially scheduled!

If you’d like to participate in the challenge, sign up here: https://t.co/vxjxHcq9ae

PLUS if you win the challenge I’ll send you a free pin!

[Michelle C @writereclectic]

Are Twitter poems & prose the ultimate experiment in brevity?

Bring an audience to the party, provide sensory details, common conflict, & pithy return through a caption, post, text, tweet, a sigh.

Be brief before attention wanders.

#amwriting #rossgay #lighthousewriters

[Michelle C @writereclectic]

anxiety
ticks
tocks
beats
rumbles
never
ending
rhythmic
pulses
do more
be more
write
more
more
more

stop time & breathe

words will come

#anxiousmind #amwriting

[Michelle C @writereclectic]

Rainy days and coffee make for the best writing time.

#amwriting

[Michelle C @writereclectic]

Summer of writing has begun...

#amwriting #lighthousewriters

[Michelle C @writereclectic]

@_Megan_Tennant Thank you. Kittens rule! 😹

[Michelle C @writereclectic]

Wisdom keepers
lock the doors of truth

Ignorance breeds
anxious retaliation

Self dismantled to
bare longing & want

Desperate search
for a morsel of honesty

Held hostage on the
edge of not knowing

#poem #poetry

[Michelle C @writereclectic]

Late night musings.

I often resist falling asleep, no matter how tired I am, just so I can day dream of the possible.

My nightmares are reality in technicolor stereo.

#nighttimemusings #nightmares #daydreams #deepthoughts

[Michelle C @writereclectic]

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[Michelle C @writereclectic]

Shout out to an amazing medium and friend and poet. Blew my mind and soothed my heart. My path is paved with possibility.

https://t.co/eXrSRfYUEZ

#medium

[Michelle C @writereclectic]

Do I read?
Do I write?
Do I tweet?
Do I binge watch another show on some streaming service I can’t even remember the name of?

#daytwoofathreedayweekend
#motivationallychallenged

[Michelle C @writereclectic]

I haven’t written a poem...

in months...

I feel the words percolating...

But, they can’t break through.

#frustratedpoet