Intention in a poem or story is when your heart skips a beat or your breath is taken away or tears flow, and when the author is able to say, “Good. I meant to do that.”
That’s intentional, that’s wonderful, that’s the author using words in a certain way.
Intentional – wonderful – certain – all words that have the power to mean so such more than they mean in everyday life.
A certain way: A particular method but also a method used with intention and certainty.
Wonderful: Full of wonder.
Intentional: Done with clear intent.
When the art is crafted intentionally, the result is certain wonder.
Wordsmith and podcaster, Warren is a reporter, editor and storyteller who lives near the shores of Green Bay with two golden retrievers, Dejah and Summer, and Blackberry, an insistent cat. Author of It's Going to Be All Right, Echoes of Freedom Past, Full, Refuse to be Afraid, Gladness is Infectious, 24 flashes, How to Play a Blue Guitar, Myke Phoenix: The Complete Novelettes, A Bridge at Crossroads, The Imaginary Bomb, A Scream of Consciousness, and The Imaginary Revolution.
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