Do you ever close off parts of your poems or stories? Do you get too close to your personal thoughts? I would think most of the time writing here you keep a free hand, jotting down what you think, feel or try to accomplish a difficult poem form. That’s probably the way I write, personal and honest as I can and I try to get some humor in, or a jab at Trump…nuff said on that subject! But this is as personal as it gets – this morning I was in the shower and now that my hair is a bit longer, a wet curl fell off my shoulder and onto my chest. I thought, and this might come a little too close for comfort, on my part at least, but I’m being honest…I thought “the romanticism of hair”. I have never met a man who didn’t prefer his love to have a long, touchable head of hair. So tell me true gentlemen, is that true? Give me your thoughts! Clearly I spend too much time alone!
But think about it. How many famous poems have a piece of hair in there? A wisp, a curl, a strand, mane, locks, waves, crown, tangles, bangs, braids, bun. Below is a famous poem by Sir Walter Scott: “To a Lock of Hair”:
Writing Prompts
The Bag Lady 
You’re so right. Many of them do.
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