At times one has to spur inspiration into life. Tackle this by picking up a small shell. If no shell is handy find a pebble. You might have one that you collected from a walk or a holiday; if not you will have to rely on a picture or possibly simply from imagination.
Let’s begin with your shell or pebble. Place this object in front of you, then in your notebook or on your laptop make three columns. In the first column put the word ‘description’. In the second column put the word ‘when’ and in last column put the word ‘how’. Underneath these columns start the lines of what just might turn into a poem. For instance, under the heading ‘description’ simply describe the object – the colour, shape, size. You will probably find as you progress that you write more than one descriptive word and possibly will create an image, as in the example for a round pebble or shell you might say that it is a ‘sphere’. Let these words happen – write with the flow of ideas that are hopefully now arriving.
After writing a word or more under that first heading now move on to the second heading which is under the word ‘when’. Under this word simply put when you first saw the object. This brings you to that third word ‘how’. Underneath this put a word or more of how you came to find the object. You could say that you were searching for this particular item, or you suddenly found it when you were looking for something else. All of this will be an aid to the process of your imagination.