‘Wedding’ Published at Grand Little Things!

I love being able to share my writing with new eyes through new poetic outlets, so I am thrilled to share my poem, Wedding, has been published at Grand Little Things!

Grand Little Things is a new site, dedicated to “Returning Versification to Verse”. Without the use of images, Grand Little Things leaves the writing to shine on its own.

When I came across Grand Little Things last week, I was immediately compelled to send in a poem for consideration. I looked through the poetry section in my notebook for a suitable piece and came across a poem I wrote back in March.

Reading the poem, then titled Immigrant, I realized how far I have come on the art of writing poetry. Immigrant was not as clear or as focused as what I write now and the story was vague, but I liked the imagery so I took out a blank piece of paper and rewrote the poem into what it is now.

I like raw emotion and writing that flows with passion so I have never been much of a fan of editing; that ruthless butchering of writing. But after this experience revising and editing Immigrant into Wedding, I think of editing not as a ruthless process that filters out the best parts of writing and more like the polishing of a crystal.

The gem is fine on its own, but it will shine more if the dust is washed out of its cracks.

Some writing does not need editing, and I think we writers can sense when something is clumsy and needs to be revised. Editing is what makes the feel of a piece punch straight to the heart.

I will be hoping Wedding goes straight to your heart.

The space between

Us smells of lavender spice and

Pots of shrimp paste

Gaily tied round its rim with

Lilac ribbon

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