I started playing with words in Dec 2016 and and enjoyed word smithing, resulting in poems. The transition from writing experiences as posts to a more tighter form of expression as poetry has been very interesting and joyful. I experimented with poster making along the way, and enjoy making the poem posters that I post now.

Just like cycling in 2011 and running in 2013 that helped me experience Zen via movement, the act of words smithing and poster making made me experience the same lightness via the quiet active play with words in the mind. Last week I crossed the milestone of 200 poems in the last 20 months.

Here is a creative take of how it feels to wordsmith as “Oh, the joy of word smithing”.