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rosepetals25
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0 posted 2000-09-27 09:59 PM



Why I Write

Here I sit in the late night
Staring at a brightly lit screen
My fingers poised on the keys
Waiting for the words to come.

I wonder what drives me to
Sit here night after night
Struggling to find the words
That scrabble in my thoughts

I write to say I love you
Making sure the people
Who are closest to me
Have my words to remember

I write when I am hurting
In attempt to try to exorcise
The demons that swirl inside
And haunt this heart of mine

I write when I am angry
To vent out this emotion
That builds and intensifies
Without hurting the ones I love

I write when I’m happy
To share the joy I have found
And so I can have these words
In my more trying times

I write because it beckons me
It calls to me, softly chanting
My fingers moving over the keys
Beyond my control as words flow.

I write because I find myself
When I feel lost and alone
It brings me home..finds me
Bringing me the comfort I long

I write because it has been my friend
Something I can always turn to
My constant that is always there
Waiting to offer me solace

I write because it is who I am.


I posted this in the open forum.. but I thought it would be a nice way to start posting here. I thought I would pop in over here.. the pub has been popping up in replies lately So I thought I would come over and see what all the talk was about .. hehe


~~Tara aka rp25 :o)

© Copyright 2000 Tara Baldridge - All Rights Reserved
Elizabeth
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1 posted 2000-09-27 10:08 PM


Tara, good work. Those are pretty much the same reasons I write. I guess it's the same for all poets. Great job describing the 'why' of a poet.

Elizabeth


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kcsgrandma
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2 posted 2000-09-27 10:56 PM


Nice summary of why we all write, but you forgot one.  We write because we can't stop!  
Jon Mewett
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3 posted 2000-09-28 04:02 AM


Hi Rosepetals

Welcome to the pub.........I'm glad you popped over.......it's pretty quiet in here at the moment though......usally a bussling place......I like your verse very much pretty well sums it all up for me too.

Nice reading you

Jon

rosepetals25
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4 posted 2000-09-28 08:33 AM


Elizabeth - Thank you   I think it is basically the same for all us poets.. that and a slight case of insomnia  

kcsgrandma - lol.. You make a very good point! Maybe I have to add a stanza in there    Thanks for stopping in  

Jon - Thank you for the welcome   I've been wanting to get over here for awhile.  I guess I put it off because I am used to the open forum.. it's kinda like home ya know?  lol  I'm glad you liked the poem

BSC
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5 posted 2000-09-28 09:30 AM


Rosepetals - You surely captured the very essence of a poet.  We write because we are... This is wonderful.  Bonnie
Dennis L. White
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6 posted 2000-09-28 11:52 AM


Rosepetals,
  You express it so well the reasons many of us write, thank you for sharing this thoughtful work.
Dennis :^)

Moonbeams radiate
When the veiling cloud has past
Playful shadows dance

Dennis L. White :^)


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