{"id":4830,"date":"2026-04-04T05:52:42","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T13:52:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wayofstory.com\/?p=4830"},"modified":"2026-04-04T06:03:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T14:03:26","slug":"writing-from-the-unconscious","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wayofstory.com\/?p=4830","title":{"rendered":"Writing from the Unconscious"},"content":{"rendered":"

Writing from the Unconscious<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n

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Due to some medical challenges and house repairs, the writing of a new book<\/strong>
\nhas been set aside. Last month, in March, an odd thing happened and more than once. As if my conscious mind had stopped writing during the day, at night during sleep, the unconscious took over and began to create poems. Hence, upon awakening, a poem would arrive in tact. Here are two examples:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/strong><\/em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0COCOON<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n

Upon awaking, a cloud of malaise encircles. <\/strong>
\nAmerica, a country created by immigrants,<\/strong>
\nNow a country at war with itself,<\/strong>
\nMoral fatigue from watching the daily news<\/strong>
\nCauses a routine retreat <\/strong>
\nTo a remembered fetal safe haven<\/strong>
\nNowhere to go, nothing to do, <\/strong>
\nDay becomes Night, Night, Day.<\/strong>
\nTurning within, <\/strong>
\nSafely leaving the maddening world behind,<\/strong>
\nCovers over my head<\/strong>
\nReturning to the primal cocoon:<\/strong>
\nBed.<\/strong><\/p>\n

TIME CYCLES BACK<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n

They say that Nero danced and played <\/strong>
\nas Rome was burning.<\/strong>
\nQuick! Give the man a fiddle<\/strong>
\nwhile in resigned horror<\/strong>
\nWe watch today as the world burns<\/strong>
\nonce again\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

I feel as though since my conscious mind stopped writing, the unconscious said, \u201cOK, if you won\u2019t write during the day, I\u2019ll take over and do it.\u201d<\/strong>
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Another curious thing. I wrote poems from the age of 7 until I was 26 then wrote plays, films, television, and books \u2013 but no poems – until now.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I think writing has its own magical timing and process. All we must do is not get in the way. And who knows, perhaps soon outer distractions will subside, allowing the conscious writer to return once again.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\nwayofstory.com<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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