New to Substack, stumbled across this page, liked the gentle, thoughtful tone, and subscribed (sorry I couldn't pledge Money--I'm an old broke guy on a fixed income). Look forward to reading your posts.
Peter, do not worry at ALL about the money, in fact that’s a good reminder to update the Substack default subscribe caption so that everyone knows these posts are free and will remain free for the foreseeable future! It’s a privilege to be read by you and anyone :) And, welcome to Substack!
I ended up with two separate segments for my Substack. One for poetry (with some reflections at the end) and another purely for essays. I find not every subject that I’m “ready” to talk about is ready for me to put into poetry. I write as a means of working out how I resonate with different topics, so with the non-creative pieces, I’m still at the beginning of my journey of understanding what it is I feel about a particular topic. The poetic works come at the end of that journey to synthesise and transmute the experiences I have collected into something new.
All this is to say that, for me, there’s absolutely been a space for both, and writing for both segments helps complement one another for my creative process. I look forward to seeing how it works here!
Loving this!! Here for it. 🙏🏼
You’re the best Kimberly <3
I’m here for this. More conversations about poetry, please.
yes!!
Love this idea! Excited to read your thoughts.
I"m so grateful for your support Zane!
New to Substack, stumbled across this page, liked the gentle, thoughtful tone, and subscribed (sorry I couldn't pledge Money--I'm an old broke guy on a fixed income). Look forward to reading your posts.
Peter, do not worry at ALL about the money, in fact that’s a good reminder to update the Substack default subscribe caption so that everyone knows these posts are free and will remain free for the foreseeable future! It’s a privilege to be read by you and anyone :) And, welcome to Substack!
Thank you, my kind friend.
I ended up with two separate segments for my Substack. One for poetry (with some reflections at the end) and another purely for essays. I find not every subject that I’m “ready” to talk about is ready for me to put into poetry. I write as a means of working out how I resonate with different topics, so with the non-creative pieces, I’m still at the beginning of my journey of understanding what it is I feel about a particular topic. The poetic works come at the end of that journey to synthesise and transmute the experiences I have collected into something new.
All this is to say that, for me, there’s absolutely been a space for both, and writing for both segments helps complement one another for my creative process. I look forward to seeing how it works here!
If you’re in the US, this is National Poetry Month, so your timing is perfect!
Nice to see some familiar Substack friends here too.