Picking up where I left off.

I've been wondering what I would do next with Finish This, how I could progress the collaboration, but two souls have got there first. I have received some anonymous poetry; in both cases, a continuation of the writing within a post, in the comments.

The first new collaborator has left writing on two separate posts. One comment seemed very familiar and turns out to be written by Ted Hughes (sadly, he will not be the anonymous visitor), the other is in a different style but I cannot ascertain the source. What I like most about this is that someone has taken the time to select excerpts of appropriate existing writing for each of the posts. This has widened the collaboration to not only include the nameless contributor but a wider realm of established poetry.

The other contributor is JD*96 who appears to have established a blog just in order to comment on this site. I have a sneaking suspicion that this reluctant blogger is actually a friend of mine who I had mentioned the blogs to. If it is, who I think it is, I had assumed that they would merely have a look at what I was doing and maybe leave a few words of encouragement on Start This. But whether I know them or not, how much greater to receive a creative contribution, an extension to the writing in Finish This?

To both new collaborators: welcome and please continue. As for all of you out there, get writing. Jump in, the water's fine.