Daniel J. Reynolds
@dannyboywrites
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Daniel Reynolds is a poet who divides his time between Arizona and Minnesota. https://t.co/YXL6TgsRdq
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Joined July 2013
They said they wanted their pool to look like the ocean. So I threw a wad of waste plastic into it.
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The ultimate distraction-free writing set up is a pencil (or a pen, if you fancy), and a writing pad. Few know this.
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Oh yeah. Rarely has a good poet (let alone a great one) been a handsome man. From "Pretty" by Suzanne Lummis in today's Daily Rattle.
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"I've been known to do that on a Tuesday. Sometimes a Threesday. Even a Foursday once in a while."
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"When you're raising hell, always notice who salutes."
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The moon is a big, dead eye in the sky and it's seen better fools than you.
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Saying that a thing is broadly overrated isn't saying that it has no merit. It's saying that too many people prize it too much--or for the wrong reasons.
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The discerning man must beware of the temptation to scorn a thing merely because it is broadly overrated.
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"The early bird gets the worm." The worm is a blind, helpless thing writhing in the dirt. If that's your ambition, writer, by all means, rise and shine. You've earned it.
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Your creativity is a dog. You either feed it every day or it chews up the furniture and dies.
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You’re in her DMs, I’m in her dreams. She calls them “nightmares” (it’s one of her endearing quirks).
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Fame is a cage where they feed you compliments until you forget how to bite.
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"He was too old to follow the Grateful Dead around the country, but he could still follow the thankless living on social media."
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"Some wrote comedies, some wrote tragedies. He wrote stupidities."
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The best poems are born from mistakes, typos, and the wrong words falling out of your mouth. Polishing is for people who have something to say in the first place.
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Impostor syndrome is a luxury for the comfortable. The real frauds are too busy boozing, wenching, and cashing checks to worry about it.
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You think writing is some gentle art? It's a knife fight in a phone booth with yourself. You win, you bleed. You lose, you bleed. The only difference is the story you tell about it later.
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