It’s that time of year when I have written all of the holiday poems-Christmas, Thanksgiving, and preparing for the new year.  I’m all tired out from shopping, the parties, and then-i am just plain, “pooped.” And the weather is cold outside, and all I want to do is stay inside, curled under my favorite blankie, and just watch movies all day.  Writing sometimes takes time to the back burner and I feel guilty. It’s not that I don’t want to write-I just find myself blank. Especially during my annual Christmas break of 2 week vacation that I take every year to be at home with my daughter during her Christmas break from school….

While I find myself blank from writing….and kinda “dried up” with ideas, I do have ways to get “the pot stirring again.”

There are ways to get ideas, and actually I do them at my club meetings during writing activities. I have a favorite one that I like to do .

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*Grab a few envelope and label them with subjects like, “Spring,” “Fall,” “Love,” “Winter,” “Children,” “Nature,” or anything that you love to write about.

*Fill the envelopes withsub-categories written on slips of paper. For example: Love: heart, heartbreak, first love,valentines day, etc.  Spring: new plants, baby birds, baby kittens, sunshine, gardening, walking outdoors,Easter.

*Then pick an envelope. Draw a slip out of the envelope, and then begin writing about that sub-category. That usually can get the creative juices flowing again My poetry club actually liked this idea, and we use it quite often…