The distance between one breath and another is like the miles starlight travels to reach my dreams. - Lisa Suhair Majaj

how a word transforms us
seedling taking delicate hold
or a weed choking the tender plants
news enters us and puts down roots

ground resilient beneath our feet, sky
glimmering
between branches of trees older than any of us.

My writing process is generally a bit haphazard. I carry notebooks around to capture ideas, observations, phrases, images, chunks of freewriting. I shift to the computer to do more substantive writing and work on craft issues. I always generate multiple drafts of pieces (keeping all drafts in a separate folder), and often experiment with form in different versions to see what fits the text best.