Delighting in "To Be": Poems for Writers, by Loralee Clark

Poetry, chapbook, 20 pages, from Bottlecap Features.

Delighting in “To Be” is a micro-chapbook which explores the ways we are changed as we delve into the process of dancing with words. These poems provide advice for writers: enjoy the process; look beyond the obvious moment to more relevant truths; and remember there is beauty to be discovered all around us.

Clark reminds the reader of the importance of understanding the reasons you write, to provide yourself and others with support and impartiality, and to know that being stuck is an illusion. She tells us that with words, we create worlds—One word is a pomegranate: full of enough seeds to sow an entire orchard.

Loralee Clark has two chapbooks forthcoming: A Harmony in the Key of Trees: A Healing Myth (Dancing Girl Press, 2025) and Neolithic Imaginings: Mythical Explorations of the Unknown (Kelsay Press, 2026).  Her first chapbook is Solemnity Rites (Prolific Pulse Press, 2025). Clark has been nominated for two 2026 Pushcart Prizes. She resides in Virginia; her website is sites.google.com/view/loraleeclark. Her Substack, which focuses on the process of creativity, is nosuchthingasfailure.substack.com.