When I first started writing poems, I couldn't believe some of the things I wrote. The words seemed to come from my pen--not me.

Keep writing, you'll be amazed at what you'll read!

A New Craft

 

I didn't know I had it in me

Never saw it there before

It makes me kind of wonder

Where it went before

 

The words just keep on flowing

From deep inside of me

Seems like they've been locked up

Dying to break free

 

I've always been quite crafty

At making things you see

But now I'm weaving patterns

Of thoughts inside of me

 

Crocheting words together

A lace of joy and pain

Putting thoughts in writing

Seems to take away the strain

 

For it is a stress reliever

A therapy, you see

A way to be creative

That's really good for me

 

So now when I'm creating

Weaving words that come from me

I'm finding things about myself

That I never used to see

Edie Koch

Photo of "Tracy's Garden" by Edie Koch

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Do you have a poem you'd like to share?  Just follow these guidelines:

Submission Guidelines

  • We regret that we cannot pay cash for publishing your poems, however we'd love to publish your poems online and add to your collection of "published clips."
  • We accept (and prefer) email submissions.  Please send up to 3-6 poems within the body of an email to ediesuarez@Basics2Bylines.org .  No attachments will be opened unless previously arranged with us.
  • If you are submitting your work via traditional mail, please send it to the address listed below.  If you'd like to receive it back, please enclose a SASE with the appropriate postage.
  • All poems submitted must be your own.
  • We will not publish any poems we consider to be offensive in any way, so please, don't send us any.
  • If you are under age 18, you must have written consent from your parents to be published by us online.  Please have your parents send your poems to us, with a signed letter of consent, to the address below.

Edie Koch/Basics2Bylines
6379 Robinson Rd. Apt 10
Lockport, NY 14094