“Fill
your papers with the breathings of your heart.” –
William Wordsworth
Wise words from the man who helped launch what’s known as “The Romantic Age” in
English literature with his share of the renowned Lyrical Ballads in 1798.
His
“Lines Written in Early Spring,” one of the ballads, has some of the most
beautiful descriptive writing about the season ever penned, and if you want to
see a “How it should be done” piece read that one alone -- if you don’t have time
for the entire Lyrical Ballads
masterpiece.
Poet
Laureate of Great Britain from1843-1850, the year of his death, Wordsworth and
Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote a string of beautiful in-depth poems
over a span of 50 years, including Wordsworth’s The Prelude, considered one of the greatest epic poems of all time.
If you
ever find yourself “stuck” in your writing routine, try composing a few lines
of poetry about the beauty of the outdoors, particularly in Springtime. I guarantee you it’ll “unstick” you and get
the writing juices flowing once again.
Happy writing!
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