A Short Poem about Creativity to Invite New Energy
This isn’t just a poem about creativity; it’s a poem *for* creativity. The intention here is to welcome something new into your life, into your work, into your relationships. So you can create with delight and ease, and without having to force it.
“In the end, she became more than what she expected. She became the journey, and like all journeys, she did not end, she just simply changed directions and kept going.” — R.M. Drake
I wrote this poem about creativity because I decided to stop forcing and start receiving. I wanted to stop forcing my creativity into the world. I wanted to stop rushing all the time.
So I chose the present moment, as fully and openly as I could, just as it is. Just because I wanted to feel alive again. I wanted to feel inspiration sweep through me; I was sick of striving, and I wanted to fly instead.
This is the spirit of creativity: opening, allowing, experiencing without fighting for anything.
I wanted to remember how abundant I am because I am alive, so I wrote this poem about creativity. Creativity, as I know it, puts me in the perfect position to express how lovely it is to be alive. And there’s no greater feeling than to be in love with life.
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A Poem about Creativity
Orange Energy
All I want to do is delight—
Throw the mask off,
Not care and not worry,
Not explain what I mean nor
Define what I do.
Just be whatever I feel like being.
Just relish in the energy of this moment.
I want to be so alive that
I feel like the moon,
Throwing tides just for fun,
Creating because it’s what I’m
Here to do.
I want to love the color orange,
Just because it craves delight too.
I want to cry because
I’m so in love with the miracle of
Being alive.
I don’t want to feel like I’m
Striving.
I want to try and feel like I’m
Flying.
I want to write the poetry,
Read the poetry, and
Breathe the poetry.
I want my life to be a
Beautiful,
Messy mosaic that even I
Can’t help but fall in love with.
Create! Create!
I feel the winds of fury
Blowing through me.
Even my bones are smiling.
I hear my veins pulsing with
Desire, like branches
Dancing in the breezes.
Wildflowers are waving and
The ocean blossoms with a new idea.
Crazy and beautiful is
How I want my life to feel.
Let it be. Let it be.
I write to be free.
I read to tap in.
I absorb the poetry.
And so it shall be.
And now I am this energy.
. . .
Tell me:
Which part of this poem is your favorite?
Tell me in the comments. I read every single one, and I’d love to know!
Create. Create. It’s what you’re here to do.
With love,
Jen
Comments on this post (23)
I shared in a reel on an intstagram video I made crediting you. so beautiful. my account is @create.incompany if you want to go see it! Would love if you commented to know you found it!
— melissa
I was looking for a poem to share and found this one. Synchronistically!!! I resonate so deeply with every word. Thank you for courageously creating and healing.
Taalya
— Taalya
Clara, thank you for your kind words, and for the beauty that you bring to the world through your craft. Your creations are incredible!
— Jennifer Healey
I am part of a poetry group and did not know what poem to share. I love the ability to place a word into the search bar and see where it will take me. I found your words. I will not only share them with the group, but also with myself. After a lifetime of creating, I am still not able to put words to the creative work I do or the changes I go through or my process of letting go so that pure spirit can move through me. Your words express such things quite well. Thank you. I would like to share my visual poetry with you. Perhaps you will find a certain joy as I did with your poem. www.claracohan.com
— Clara
Your poem exactly describes what I want to say to encourage a very dear friend of mine. Thank you for words to inspire her in ways I am not able to express.
— DvlUkno
Thank you for sharing this beautiful poem! It’s the epitome of creative. Made me think and rubbed off on me.
— Melbelles
Margaret, I haven’t recorded myself reading this poem, sorry! But you are absolutely welcome to share this in your workshop. I would be honored. Thank you and I’m so glad this speaks to you. <3
— Jennifer Williamson
I love this poem! I don’t suppose you’ve recorded yourself reading it, have you? I’d like to use it as part of an online writing workshop about the wellbeing benefits of writing on 22nd of January.
— Margaret Johnson
Marie, I’m so happy to read this! Thank you for sharing and for taking the time for yourself, to sit down and read and regenerate that creative spirit within yourself. Even if you’re the only one who receives the gift of whatever you create, it’s worth creating. It’s life. Take care of yourself. <3
— Jennifer Williamson
“All I want to do is delight—
Throw the mask off,
Not care and not worry,
Not explain what I mean nor
Define what I do.
Just be whatever I feel like being.
Just relish in the energy of this moment.”
Jennifer, this poem is wonderfully written. Every word moved me. I love to read poems, and I write a little, but most are only for my eyes. It is 1:19 AM, I woke up from my sleep and find myself researching for poems about creativity. When I feel a certain energy, I like to search for a quote or a poem that resembles the feeling. And your poem is spot on to how I’m feeling right now. I have a sudden growth spurt of creativity that wants to shuffle its self out of my mind into my fingertips to be created and to be seen. It is wonderful and I will unleash it. I will fly :). The energy in your poem is pushing it out of me. Thank you for sharing this beautiful poem. <3
~Marie Géraldine
— Marie Géraldine
I don’t want to feel like I’m
Striving.
I want to try and feel like I’m
Flying.
— Fran
Annemarie, it makes me so happy that you love this so much to share it with your class :) thank you!
— Jennifer Williamson
What a beautiful poem. I was looking for something to add to the end of my sacral chakra class and this is perfect! I can’t wait to share it ( and of course credit you)
— Annemarie
Rhea (lovely name, by the way!), thank you for your kind words :) I think you should write poetry no matter how good you think you write. It’s good for the soul. <3
— Jennifer Williamson
What a beautiful poem! I wish I could write like this. Thank you for sharing your gift with us.
— Rhea
Shelby, so happy this could inspire you!
— Jennifer Williamson
Jen,
What a beautiful poem to get the creativity juices flowing! It makes me feel more connected to my goals and moving forward.
Thanks for sharing <3
— Shelby
Julia, I would be honored to have you share this poem at his funeral. I am touched that my words can be part of his transition and part of this celebration of his life. Thank you for this and for what you do. My warmest thoughts are with his family. <3 Jen
— Jennifer Williamson
Hi Jen
I’m a funeral celebrant and was looking for a poem for a gentlemen who was very creative and loved energy and nature. This is perfect! Would it be ok to share it at his funeral.
You have such a gift. Thank you
Julia
— Julia
Alex, what a beautiful birthday present! Of course, I would be honored for you to share this poem in celebration. I’m so glad you love it. Thank you <3
— Jennifer Williamson
Hi Jen,
Such beautiful words, I think it so aptly describes the sentiment of a friend of mine who has asked me to facilitate a creative expression night for her birthday. I hope you do not mind me reading this aloud to capture her feelings?
— Alex Connolly
Hi Ruby, you’re welcome – it’s my pleasure and I’m so glad these words touched your heart. Makes my day! xo jen
— Jennifer Williamson
Thankyou for your heartfelt words Jen, I was totally moved by your words.
— Ruby Maya Paige