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mmaging around for something,</p><p id="036d">something</p><p id="0e14">some ships forget to find.</p><p id="735c"><b>#11</b></p><figure id="180e"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*Jn3HsyAQT737sRvctcKPRw.jpeg"><figcaption></figcaption></figure><p id="d03b"><b>#11</b></p><p id="eec5">In the past two weeks</p><p id="cc1b">I was to die.</p><p id="472e">Calmly as possible to the person I want to be.</p><p id="9309">To sleep at night,</p><p id="9412">disappear the light.</p><p id="1722">Enclosed in huge chunks of rock,</p><p id="6b15">A yo-yo</p><p id="8e02">back to the room,</p><p id="5297">to sleep on intimate terms.</p><p id="187a"><b>#12</b></p><figure id="f386"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*hcYVjTl4aYwmz0_QEsXAdw.jpeg"><figcaption></figcaption></figure><p id="b79d">#12</p><p id="ffa8">she hid her back</p><p id="34f6">in a cloud of dust,</p><p id="e7af">light like a dream.</p><p id="73b6">Removing sorrows</p><p id="ed0e">inside candlelight.</p><p id="e49b">Twenty years of meaningless hooks,</p><p id="eb11">one hundred bloodied sweethearts from the cold.</p><p id="cda0">If you liked this post, stay tuned for the next one.</p><p id="8b64"><a href="https://readmedium.com/75e2525b4a81">Barbara Carter</a> — Artist and writer with a focus on heali

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ART | POETRY | CREATIVITY | COVID-19 PROJECT

The Joy of Creating Something New, Part 4

A look inside my sketchpad at the combination of art and poetry

During Covid-19 lockdowns, I turned to creativity to ease the aloneness of isolation.

In my studio, I started a new project. Creating a list of rules to fill a sketch pad with drawings and poems. You can find details about that process here.

Each week, I’m sharing 3 pages from my 9 x 12 - inch sketchbook, for a total of 20 articles. Aiming for one each week until complete.

#10

#10

Make me a sea captain losing control,

displeased with my dark shadows,

scrubbing my dark parts with a used toilet brush.

Nodding, pretending to agree to sail the seas.

Rummaging around for something,

something

some ships forget to find.

#11

#11

In the past two weeks

I was to die.

Calmly as possible to the person I want to be.

To sleep at night,

disappear the light.

Enclosed in huge chunks of rock,

A yo-yo

back to the room,

to sleep on intimate terms.

#12

#12

she hid her back

in a cloud of dust,

light like a dream.

Removing sorrows

inside candlelight.

Twenty years of meaningless hooks,

one hundred bloodied sweethearts from the cold.

If you liked this post, stay tuned for the next one.

Barbara Carter — Artist and writer with a focus on healing from childhood trauma, alcohol addiction, and living her best authentic life.