a little at sea is me as I sit in this gorgeous sonoma day— wittering birds sun shining trees slight breeze— coming down slowly from hard days past. worrying—a loose noose ‘round my neck while letting in nature’s gift slow ly oh. the sea is me.
Surprise surprise! Rewriting a staged lyric poem/play I wrote over 15 years ago: Drowning in the Same Sea: Thirteen Conversations in the Hereafter with Emily Dickinson and Saint Francis.
Here is my process over 2 weeks reworking 1 paragraph. All changes have to work in moment of conversation and with the rhythm and thru line of the play. whew!! I won’t really know until I have finished the whole play and sat with it.