John Donne Part Two?

I apologize for returning to a subject already addressed but I had to write a paper on a John Donne poem this week so I have been reminded of what a great job he does of writing artistically about religion and science: both things I wrote about in my previous John Donne post.

To make sure I do not reiterate to a fault I'll try to focus on how I hope to include these admirable qualities of Donne's poetry to my own writing. Also I will attempt to draw from this new poem, called "A Valediction: Of Weeping,"which I had to read and intently study for the paper.
I mentioned in my pseudo-part one post that John Donne focuses a lot on scientific discovery and quandaries as well as drawing from Biblical/Theological subject matter. In this new poem another element stood out to me, and that is romance. This was something that Donne wrote about in his younger years from a more immature boy-ish stand point, but in this poem its presence shows a little more maturity. And it is presumed that he wrote it about himself and his wife.

All of these elements are things that I enjoy reading and hope that I could include in my own story writing. As I've been brain storming ways to do that I've been realizing that other than being intentional when sitting down to write, the main way I can succeed in this is by submersing myself in these things.

For example: reading about scientific discoveries, studying up on my bible stories, observing interactions between couples (... in a non-awkward way...), delving into history books, researching things like psychology or mythology or everything, and of course reading works of fiction similar to what I hope to write. It sounds quite simple, really, and maybe it is that simple, but I do honestly believe that our brains work in a what-you-put-in-is-what-you-get-out kind of way. Logically then submersing myself with these kinds of information would be the first big step in making such subject matter a naturally occurring outflow of information while I write, right?

I guess that is all I really have to say on the matter, that filling my mind with the stuff I'd like to write about seems like it would make writing about such stuff more natural.

As an added bonus I'd like to add that John Donne is credited as being the person who originated the phrase: "For Whom The Bell Tolls." AND his poem "Song: Go and Catch a Falling Star" is what inspired Neil Gaiman to write his book Stardust (a great book, which was turned in an equally great movie- yay Neil!). Revelation! I should just write stories about John Donne poems... too bad Gaiman's beat me to the punch. Drat. : )

Good day to you,

Jessica