January 22, 2005

• How long can this cold last?? I guess I shouldn't ask. It is minus 20 outside and not much warmer in my apartment. That means I am awake early again after working late, grrrr!

  
  

  I won't be staying home because it is just too darn cold in here. Picture the poor writer typing away with blue fingers. Sounds like something from Charles Dickens.

  
  

  On the writing front I am still awaiting the results of the Bliss Carman poetry award and the CBC Literary Awards. I am optimistic and hopeful and will remain so until they announce the winners.

  
  

  Yesterday I entered the rhyming poetry contest of the Canadian Federation of Poets. They are a great organization and anyone (you don't have to be Canadian) interested in joining or checking them out should check out their link at  www.federationofpoets.com  .

  
  

  They have contests, publish anthologies and have a print magazine, Poetry Canada. I am all for any group that supports a)Canadians and b)poetry.

  
  

  My output is down right now. It is hard to feel inspired when you are frozen. All my plants are dying from the lack of heat in this place. I did write about five fragments of things this week that may or may not turn into something. I wrote a poem for OnMyWay2Paradise that was a personal gift. She had given me, in reading her blog, a line that captured my imagination and I wanted to do something with it.

  
  

  Now I am going to brave the cold outside and go find a warm coffee shop to while away some time. I alway bring my pen and paper because you never know when inspiration will strike!

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