My brain and You: It’s Physics 101 By Ada Ireland Sometimes I try really hard To put you out of my mind So I could focus on other things, Yet, minutes later, you’re back. It’s not because you sneaked back in. (That is just wishful thinking!) It’s not because my brain is corrupt Or […]
I’m angry but I want to kiss you By Ada Ireland You make me so angry sometimes, All I wanna do is tell you, “Go to hell!” What’s the use though? I can’t live without you. Why send you away When I know fully well That, once I calmed down, I’d go to hell […]
This is a short poem I had fun with. It started out on a serious note, but then I couldn’t help adding my brand of humor to its ending. After my poem I put a quote from Leonard Cohen’s Better. Perfect illustration of how I feel about my own writing. Light up that fire By […]
Sometimes I write because I feel like it. The rest of the time I write because I absolutely have to. This is one of the “must-write-it-out” times. It took me five minutes to write the following verses. I love the end result. (Please don’t call me out on my lack of humility, if you can […]
I haven’t been posting much on this blog lately because I started another web-based project. While researching that project, my vision for unashamedwriting.com (UW) has been getting progressively more clear. For the next several weeks, UW will stay my playground for my writing games. I love being able to post random bits of thoughts and […]
Don’t blame the fire By Ada Ireland Don’t blame the fire for getting hurt. It never moved an inch towards you. You were the one getting close to it, Adding more fuel to see How bright you could make it. Then you laughed at the flames And jumped right in, Into a crazy dance […]
Not old enough yet By Ada Ireland I feel like the sky is falling and, Although I’m old enough to know that someday, After the dust settles, I’ll see another sky, I’m not old enough yet to know How not to be heartbroken about this one.
I wrote the story behind I don’t write poetry here. What was supposed to be a simple poem turned into a few days long struggle whose end result I trashed and then changed my mind about it. Here are those rescued verses. I don’t write poetry By Ada Ireland I don’t write poetry … […]
I love Rumi’s poetry. Many times it leaves me in awe with its simplicity, beauty, and raw power. This week I found some passages that bothered me. For the most part though, I think it’s the kind of writing that can’t leave anyone untouched. Here is an example. I want to be where your bare […]
I was in a dark mood when I started this poem. I got stuck after the first two stanzas and decided to mow the lawn instead. As usual, physical effort got rid of some of the gloom. Hence, the verses about mind tricks and getting drunk. I still like how it turned out: half serious, […]
Ada Ireland is a pen name I came up with for myself. Unashamed Writing is a name I came up with for my blog.
The pen name is fake. The writing on this blog is real ... as close to real and truthful as I can get it to be. Read More