Our First Writing Exercise

I'm going to try something new. We'll just see how it goes. I love getting comments from people, having other streams flowing into the river, so to speak. I'd really like to have even more. So I'm going to post some of my favorite writing exercises. If you feel like doing the exercises as well (whether or not you consider yourself a writer), it would make my day if you would post what you wrote in the comments section. Remember, it doesn't have to be great writing. The point of this is simply exploration -- and sharing.

So here goes. From Poemcrazy by Susan Goldsmith Wooldridge, answer the following questions. (My answers are in italics. Just substitute your own.)

If I were a color, what color would I be? burgundy
movement -- lurch
sound -- snatches of a hummed symphony
animal -- hummingbird
song -- I can't remember the title, but it's a piano piece full of sadness, hope, and longing.
number -- one
car -- I wouldn't be a car. I'd be a bicycle with a white basket and a baby seat on the back.
furniture -- one of those bowl shaped wicker chairs with lots of cushions
food -- ice cream with nuts
musical instrument -- pan flute
place -- a backyard garden
element in nature -- waterfall
tree -- willow
What is something I'm afraid of? nothingness
What's the word hiding behind my eyes? longing

Now, using what you have written above, write a few lines about yourself, beginning with
I am ...

I am a hummingbird,
stalking bright flower faces,
persistent, alone ...

I am the liquid notes of a pan flute,
barely rising above
the roar of the waterfall.

I am a willow tree,
bent over the banks
of a chortling stream.

Now you try. I can't wait to read about YOU!