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At long last, I have boarded the airship!

10/23/2013

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I've been hoping to write a poem about an airship for quite a while now, and have been a big fan of Steampunk airships for a very, very long time.  Several days ago, a unique image popped into my head of just such a vessel, and with it a came a single descriptive line.  Finally!

I immediately jumped on board, having no idea where the ship was heading. As of this posting, I'm still not entirely clear of either its course or its destination, but I am glad to finally be here.  I'll begrudgingly jump off if reality beckons loudly enough, which generally involves hunger, thirst, or someone in my vicinity needing something, but ASAP I get right back on.

As I've said before, in order for me to write a poem I have to see it, smell it, feel it, and etc.  The image has to become as tangible in my mind's eye as it would be in reality.  If I wish to write about a piece of rigging, I'll focus until I can see what color it is, feel it's texture, and know it's weight in my hand.

I don't actually write down all of these details in the poem, but I do draw on them for those oh-so-subtle nuances that they alone can lend.  If I can imagine something well enough, then you should be able to imagine it, too, or else I will have failed to do my job.  Again, I'm being redundant here, but I believe it can stand being said yet again.

While writing Airship, which is the tentative title of this poem, I did a bit of research on sailing ships of the late 1800's, studied anatomical drawings of Eudraco magnificus occidentalis, (the western dragon), and viewed detail upon detail of Steampunk airships.  I tend to do this whenever I need to improve my vocabulary relative to the items I need to site. 

As of this posting, I am still happily working on Airship.  When I think I'm about done I'll let it sit and germinate a while before entering it into the index of my next book of verse.  For the moment, I am thoroughly enjoying this ride.  Immersive writing does has some wonderful perks.  



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    I've written many poems over the years.  This blog is a preview of my books: Echoes, Neo-Victorian Poetry (April 2013), Echoes ll, More Neo-Victorian Poetry (May 2014), Echoes lll, Even More Neo-Victorian Poetry, (August 2016), A Compilation of Echoes. (September 2016), and When None Command (April 13, 2019)

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