Losing a book of Poems

[AChild]

I just lost one of the books I write in. How do you deal with this? I am not one of those that remember the poems I have written. If I don't find that book those poems (as they are) will be lost to me forever.
Who thinks I am over reacting?

 

[Angeline]

I just lost one of the books I write in. How do you deal with this? I am not one of those that remember the poems I have written. If I don't find that book those poems (as they are) will be lost to me forever.
Who thinks I am over reacting?

When I moved a year ago I lost a cd on which I had saved about 200 illustrated poems I had created over a three-year period. Many of the poems were written only on the illustrations. Many of the illustrations were originals I had labored over.

I searched frantically for weeks. Then I cried. Than I wrote more poems.

You're not overreacting, but now you have even more reason to write.

 

[AChild]

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I thinks it's worse when you don't cry as I have yet to do. Thank you for you comments.

 

[TheRainMan]

Who thinks I am over reacting?

not me.

that happened to me, though "lost" is not the right word. bottom line is, they're gone.

i sure hope you find them.

 

[wildsweetone]

I thinks it's worse when you don't cry as I have yet to do. Thank you for you comments.

i haven't seen you react yet, let alone over react. *smile* if it were me i'd be climbing the walls and screaming like a wounded wolf, or something.

and then i'd sit down and think that it were a lesson well and truely learnt and in future i'd make copies of everything (see i do it now, because i learnt that lesson)... anything that i consider a poem (something complete enough to a reasonable draft stage and not just squiggles on paper) i type up and keep on a file. i also print out a hard copy. now, while i rarely back up my work, i at least have two places... some might say that i have twice the chances of losing things and they'd be right.

i'll keep my fingers crossed that your book turns up.

 

[annaswirls]

I just lost one of the books I write in. How do you deal with this? I am not one of those that remember the poems I have written. If I don't find that book those poems (as they are) will be lost to me forever.
Who thinks I am over reacting?

write about it. then it won't be lost

I have books and books and books in a box in the attic. They are there, in a sense lost as well.

Think of Jo in Little Women. Amy threw her book into the fire. She turned out okay

The poems are stil in you. The next time they come out, they will be better.


You are not over-reacting. I am just pointing positive

 

[WickedEve]

I thinks it's worse when you don't cry as I have yet to do. Thank you for you comments.

You sound like me. I get very upset about things like that. I lost a group of poems in the past, and it upset me greatly, but when I started writing better poetry, it wasn't such a big deal anymore. Make sure to have backup copies of all your poetry.