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Why Do I Write?
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Why Do I Write? |
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rwood Member Elite
since 2000-02-29
Posts 3793Tennessee 
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How important is it to really see across a page and absorb the texture of every letter The multi-colored musings that jump from the lines Fettering me homely Until I release the graffiti Cracked as a grackle on a wire All blustered up with fuzzy logic My life is marked by such indelible stains Upon the covenant Of my own being Why should I become The slate handler hurling heavy the dead thoughts When even in dross I may toss lively The type that dream Just in case Someone out there Identifies A prize Among the debris The rush of inkling subject matter like fallen data searching for a place to land tearing at my hands So not to live in lifeless words So not to smile shallow smiles So not to be geriatric Sewing crazy quilts with the remnants of my life That is why I must write To question a person’s art Is to question what their soul Is made of Mine? Split pea soup and mirrors Now what could possibly add to that? Everything under the sun! I’ve only just begun The religion My raison d’etre Ask me why I want to breathe
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Duncan Member Ascendant
since 2001-08-07
Posts 5455 |
tearing at my hands So not to live in lifeless words So not to smile shallow smiles So not to be geriatric Sewing crazy quilts with the remnants of my life That is why I must write It doesn't just make sense...it gives life to a reason. |
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walker Member Elite
since 2001-02-11
Posts 2240Florida |
I think that writing gives us some control in this life. Love the poem. |
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Larry C
since 2001-09-10
Posts 10286United States |
Regina, I'm still looking for the debris! Yup, turns out I understood it. I like this. thanks  |
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Mysteria
since 2001-03-07
Posts 18328British Columbia, Canada |
"Someone out there Identifies A prize Among the debris" And this dear lady was a prize indeed, as are so many of your poems, and next time someone asks you, try my line, "I write therefore I am". ~*~ Carpe' Diem ~*~ |
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Sven
since 1999-11-23
Posts 14937East Lansing, MI USA |
"ask me why I want to breathe. . . " that's all that need be said my friend. . . well done. . . ------------------------------------------------------------ To the world, you may only be one person. But to one person, you may be the world. |
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Krawdad Member Elite
since 2001-01-03
Posts 2597 |
Makes sense to me, R. Love the energy in this! Especially like the off-beatness of: "Cracked as a grackle on a wire All blustered up with fuzzy logic" Nice write. e "As soon as the generals and the politicos can predict the motions of your mind, lose it." Wendell Berry |
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Mistletoe Angel
since 2000-12-17
Posts 32816Portland, Oregon |
 (smiles) Oh Regina, I know just how you feel, for every breath says so much, and that is why we breathe, to express ourselves, to contribute a verse to the ongoing record of life, to live and share all our hearts feel. (smiles) BRAVO!!! What a fabulous way to put it! I LOVE IT!!! (kiss on cheek) You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Regina, thank you for sharing! May love and light always shine upon you! Love, Noah Eaton |
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RosePetal
since 2001-08-26
Posts 2985South Florida |
Poem well understood! I need to write..I think all of us here can't live without poetry. It helps us in so many ways and others relate to it so it is a very good feeling to write! Keep doing what you love best ;-) |
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RSWells Member Elite
since 2001-06-17
Posts 2533 |
Of course your last line answers the question. We write because we must. |
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Rick Member Elite
since 2001-06-21
Posts 2903Victoria, Australia |
Dear Regina, we all write for the love of expression and the want to share with others(my opinion). The things that I can not express in action I quietly express in words; although these words may not solve the situation, I feel as if a wieght has been lifted from within. Our lives are filled with situations, these the writer tries to share with others, be it today or some time in the future. Somehow we have been touched by a passion that comes with words and until they are written we feel hollow. A great question Regina and wonderful words you have expressed. Enjoyed the read. Sincerely Rick |
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Auguste
since 2000-02-16
Posts 3953By the sea |
you write because you have no choise. You must! Wonderful, Regina. *hugs*Michael Michael Auguste~ |
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