What happens on a writing retreat?

[Ann Grant]

Thanks for writing this Kim. I don’t know Marjorie Lofti but this morning I wrote a poem inspired by/after one of her poems. Here it is:

Packing to travel home (after Marjorie Lotfi)

We can’t bring Fuerteventura back in a suitcase.

In the hotel lobby shop, they sell fridge magnets of tiny bottles with sand inside. Not the sand we felt

under our toes walking down the beach, not the pleasure of standing hand in hand in the ocean,

breathing deeply

building the courage

to submerge slightly more

or bob up and down, singing

Into the sea you and me.

I find grains of sand in my handbag

You are my home

Time with you

I praise the sands of time

I treasure each grain.

Hope you keep having big realisations and plenty of Zen time ❤️❤️😘😘

[Kymm In Barcelona]

Sooooooo tempted to just steal yours! Kymmish. Haha. But thank you for sharing your thoughts and process 😊

[Kim Whysall-Hammond]

Yeah - same here!!! 🙃

[Michelle McGrane]

Enjoy the rest of your retreat, Kim. Thank you for posting this.