National Poetry Month: Make Art (with Jess Keating) 18 of 30

Do you get Jess Keating's EPIC Email?  If you don't, you should go right to her site right now and sign-up. I enjoy them. You should check out her site while you are there. Last week's email was a reminder not to apologize for your art. I think it was perfectly timed. I decided to take her letter and create a found poem with it - because art. Ha! As we round the second half of this month's commitment to write a poem each day, I'm guessing we can all use her message. Thanks, Jess, for the permission AND the inspiration AND the fun.

Make Art

found poem from Jess Keating's EPIC Email 4/16/21

all words belong to Jess

don't apologize for

taking up space.

share your work,

your voice,

what matters.

don't apologize for

getting it wrong,

imperfect art.

be human;

"perfect" isn't reality.

stop apologizing.

be seen,

heard.

don't apologize for

shitty art;

even if

it doesn't lead to 

better art,

progress.

nobody needs to 

validate

what you make.

it starts 

and ends 

with you.

prioritize your art,

your creative dreams,

your voice.

your art

shares 

the same heartbeat,

feel vulnerable,

share it

anyway.

show up.

take up space. 

own your limits.

make shitty art. 

(Thanks, Jess Keating, for great words to play with for this found poem.) 

It's National Poetry Month. This year, I selected "CHOOSE JOY" as my One Little Word Phrase. Since I'm on the lookout for JOY, it makes sense to share a poem each day this month about what I find.