Tuesday Typists : Five

 

These poems are part of Tuesday Typists : Maya Stein does 10-line poems every Tuesday.Tuesday Typists is a wonderful secret writing group which Maya prompts with interesting words. This was my response to “five”.

 

I met Maya and was introduced to her work at Squam Art Workshops, 

New Hampshire, USA – Fall 2012.

 

Poem : Halfway

Halfway

Is it alright to be a halfway geek?
I mean, I love Batman and Spiderman and…

well. I also listen to really old music and…

dream of owning pencils with leads of all hardnesses

and softnesses.

Perhaps we should all stop being so

Halfway hard on ourselves,

halfway empty, halfway full.
Perhaps we should ask

The sky?

– Ashvina Naidu

These poems are part of Tuesday Typists : Maya Stein does 10-line poems every Tuesday. Tuesday Typists is a wonderful secret writing group which Maya prompts with interesting words. This was my response to “halfway”. I met Maya and was introduced to her work at Squam Art Workshops, New Hampshire, USA – Fall 2012. 

Poem : The Neighbours

Maya Stein is a ninja poet. I met her at Squam Lake, in New Hampshire, during what was a vastly magical time for me : Summer-Fall 2012. Maya leads writing sessions and does very interesting things with typewriters. She has a really strong voice, but a really gentle presence about her.

I learnt a lot about silence at Squam. I find my experience there hard to describe, which is strange, because I’m always full of words. A lot of the time I felt like I was the centre of a slow moving bubbleverse. I have many stories. I think they will wait for me.

Maya does 10-line poems every Tuesday. And there’s a wonderful secret writing group which Maya prompts with interesting words. This was my response to “the neighbors”.

Enjoy. x