“.My 4th thought on poem creation is the idea of emotional fire. I believe that in every poem, however short or long , there's got to be a fire a burning at the heart.

I want to go ‘wow’. I want to feel that fire draw me emotionally in to your poem. Whether you are talking about sunshine or water, where you are layering your poems conversations with grief, sorrow, joy, love … bring the emotional fire into the core of your poem.”

Rule & Submissions for ‘The Ways of Water’ poetry competition here.