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martiniat8
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since 2003-06-21
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Prague, Bohemia, Czech Republic

0 posted 2010-11-17 09:29 PM



Write for the sake of writing
Write for righting's sake.

Fill the black page with light
and your sunk ship will right!

Turn turn from the capsize, turn turn from upside down
your heart may feel keelhailed,
but write for righting's sake.

The ship will teeter, the ship will turn
the ship will creek, or it may burn.

But with a wave, a violent toss,
it will right itself when all seems lost.

Your heart may feel keelhauled
but light will return, and the sails will fill
when there's an end to this free-fall
and an end to the spill.

So write for writing's sake
write for righting's sake.

The clouds WILL clear
and dawn WILL break!

So, write for the keelhaul
and write for the sake

There's much more to live
when there's more give for the take!

© Copyright 2010 Kenneth Bradley Smith - All Rights Reserved
JerryPat
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since 2010-10-30
Posts 1991
Louisiana/America
1 posted 2010-11-17 09:33 PM


Don't know so much about writing for the keelhaul, but if it gets you through the day have at it. Writing about the keelhaul sends shivers o'er me timbers, mate. The rest of it I say write-on for right-on's sake.

. . . and the Raven said, %!~#&(&#!$!

BluesSerenade
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since 2001-10-23
Posts 10549
By the Seaside
2 posted 2010-11-20 08:43 PM


This absolutely sings to me, reminds me of the song~~

"I can see clearly now the rain is gone
all of the dark clouds that had me blind"

right for rightings sake....exactly!!

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