Lifes Work

Letters To A Young Poet

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February 23, 2005 — Filed under: mypoems

Deleted… A flash came and a rush fallowed Programs had to shut down and start up Such a great epiphany! Would be terrible if it was lost before written down Finally the window opens and the writing starts as usual First line flows out just as remembered Second line flicks off the fingers Third… Third requires a little more thought By the fourth, you realize you pigeon-holed everyone in to two categories Thinking about it for a few seconds… DELETE That was one of the first poems/brain dumps I’ve ever deleted If I’m writing to myself then I shouldn’t really have to delete anything Having someone read something puts that pressure where there wasn’t any before ANSWER: write in pen on what ever is handy…