Poetry Night at the Writing Life, 24 August 2024
A poem about new beginnings.
[AUTHOR’S NOTE: This will be the first time I’m going to be using the Substack mobile app’s new create a long form post. Wish me luck.1]
This poem for tonight is about the opportunities to come along whenever we have new beginnings. For me in recent years, that has happened for me in many ways, including coming up with new writing ideas. This time, I was inspired by the start of a new school year. Hope you enjoy.
Dawn of a School Day
In the warming twilight
As sense pushes away sleep
Everything is yet to be
Students yet to meet
Lessons still to give
Breakthroughs still to make
And the delight in the Dawn
Is that all things are possible
All goals reachable
And whatever successes, challenges, or setbacks you have
You’ll always have the dawning twilight moment.
My verdict - it’s nice Substack is trying to give some ability to write posts on the mobile app, but it has nowhere near the features and usability of the desktop version. Jetpack (which I use for my Wordpress site) still has better features in post creation than the Substack app. It was still a worthy experiment, and I hope they improve on it.
A beautiful piece for new beginnings. It's never too late to start anything anew.