[stylist] Song writing prompt

[Bridgit Pollpeter]

Donna,

Thanks. It's what you would call a lyrical essay or prose poetry. The
lyrical essay allows for a much more poetic voice using more imagery and
metaphor than a more straight-forward approach. I like to find different
ways in which to express difficult emotions. I don't want to be cliché
or cheesy or to dull, so I find the lyrical essay allows me to explore
emotions and descriptions and find more creative ways to verbalize them.

I appreciate your comments. Like I said, this is the first thing I've
written from scratch in six months, but after so many comments, I may
revisit it and consider it more seriously. I kind of wrote it in one
fell swoop early in the morning a few days ago. I did some editing
before posting, but I was tired and half focused on other things, so
it's amazing I posted it at all, grin.

Bridgit
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Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2013 16:42:36 -0500
From: "Donna Hill" <penatwork at epix.net>
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Bridgit,
This is very powerful. Sorry, I didn't get to it earlier. I have no
particular advice other than to hang onto this. You could flesh it out
at some other time into an article or short story, perhaps sometime in
the future when you have a different perspective of which this is a
part; there are plenty of parents who have lived through similar
experiences who haven't the verbal skills that you do to express the
realities. I don't know what to call this. Is it a poem? It feels like a
poem to me, so raw and present with emotion. I particularly like this
line, "I will shatter this moment and throw it into the winds." It shows
your deep strength and tenacity. Donna