Janine Vangool
Janine Vangool is the publisher / editor / designer of UPPERCASE, a quarterly magazine for the creative and curious. She lives in Calgary with her husband, novelist Glen Dresser, and their curly two-year-old son.
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i’m so creative it hurts
years ago,
my brother declared:
i’m so creative it hurts
it hurts:
an idea sliver
under skin
uneasy splinters
begging for release
it hurts:
the morning sun
concept spots
burned bright
and persisting
it hurts:
the treadmill mind
must make
must do
must be
it hurts:
a paper cut
outpouring vibrant
heartache
and life
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callmeishmael
Replycallmeishmael
Apr 17, 2013
So creative it hurts….I think I understand, in a way. It begs for release, like you HAVE to share it with the world, or it will just infect everything you are, everything in your body.
Great poem. <3
ReplyKarin
Jun 18, 2012