Every once in a while I forget my journal or a pen or I don’t have room in that cute purse that goes with the tango dress to fit paper and pen. But I always have my iPhone. Recently, I scrolled through the Notes app and found dozens of poem first drafts, book quotes, as well as lines and phrases that might one day find their way into a poem. I’m sharing a few here:
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- Pam Dreams a Season “It was the worst year of Dallas”
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- Quote from Zami by Audre Lorde (page 236)
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- Phrase “Belly meat”
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- Poem – Vent “To let the hot air out”
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- Lines – “Friend of the devil is a friend of mine”
A Poet's Double Life 
October 24, 2012 at 09:15
Funny, when I was sitting next to you at the open mic last night I had so many ideas for poems, but I had just switched to a smaller purse and didn’t have my Moleskine. When I opened the Notepad on my phone, I found poem ideas from 2 years ago that I had forgotten about!
October 24, 2012 at 10:55
Smartphones are the new poet’s notebook.
October 28, 2012 at 17:21
Thanks for the idea…I tried this on my ipod notes. It was fun!
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