Return of the Doodle

The Doodle is back!! Yes indeed, I’m back to doodle poetry writing.  These doodles will be in no particular order, however I wanted to discuss the process a bit if I could.  

So about 8 months ago I got a part time job in the mental health field; no I’m not a therapist, but I’ve worked with people with different behaviors for a while now. In any case after finding a groove for the job, and figuring out the timing, I started writing #vss poems. For people unfamiliar with the hastag, it stands for Very Short Story, and usually is no more characters than a tweet.  I like to write them daily to keep my poetic skills sharp. 

So as I found myself with some “free time” at this part time job, I started to doodle around the poems. And I thought I haven’t done stuff like this since I was a para-professional years ago. And I kept going; heck ya’ll, I even bought some brown glitter markers lol! 

As I kept writing and doodling, my brain went into creative overdrive, I thought, what if I did a book of poetry with some concrete poems in them. I thought of Shel Silverstein and the books he’s written.  Yes, they’re children's books but they’re also really good reads. Then I thought about a former co-worker who talked about a book (which name I can’t remember) he read that had concrete poems for adults.

Why not?

Why not?

Why, not?

Therefore, my doodles may just end up in the next book I work on, and that book will definitely have a different feel to it.  I need to figure out some digital formatting issued, but at the end of the day I’m like ‘why not?’

Granted, I’m at the start of an online book tour, and writing some short stories, but hey, this idea is in the head.

I hope you enjoy the doodles and the poetry, yes, you may have to flip your phone, tablet, or laptop to really read them all, but hey, it’s life…let’s live it with fun!