writing – Jeffrey A. Nelson

My Traveler’s Notebooks

I have kept notebooks for most of my life. The ones I used throughout my school years were mainly for drawing, but I did a little writing here and there as well. Regardless, those earliest times quickly conditioned me to enjoy the look and feel of a fresh notebook, as well as an ongoing needContinue reading “My Traveler’s Notebooks”

Reasons I Write

I write to discover what I’m feeling and thinking. I write to see where it goes. I write to organize my thoughts before I speak. I write to tell stories. I write because I have something to say. I write to come up with something to say. I write in the hope that someone willContinue reading “Reasons I Write”

Grab

You arrived in the world, Naked, cold, wailing.Grabbed my fingerand held tightas dear life began. You would grabto safely cross the street,to pull me over to see something you made,to navigate the toy or cereal aisle,and when you would drift to sleep. Then I would grabto shake your handafter the lights on the field orContinue reading “Grab”