WWP #129: I Write...

http://wewritepoems.wordpress.com/2012/10/31/prompt-129-its-post-your-poems-day/

I write because ink flows in my blood...

mind you I didn’t say with my blood - nor did I mention the color of the ‘ink’

I write because just perhaps it is a genetic thing...

while the styles were, are different my father and a sibling also write

I write because I enjoy placing, pacing, etching, sketching...

turning the emotional knobs, cleansing the slate, relief

I write small verse called small stones to link to the river...

to add some pebbles into the stream of consciousness, to be part of the karma

I write to musical prompts that reintroduce me to songs I’ve already heard

but I’ve forgotten who the musicians were or when they first aired

I write long verse I call chapters inspired by word lists

from bloggers and word lists called ‘wordles’ and artwork too

I write from many viewpoints, I write to be heard, and I write to live

I write to learn, though some forms stump me

I have never claimed to be an English Major - just a player of words

I write to invent new forms combining some shorter ones

those I feel most comfortable with - tweaking the known rules

I write to challenge the standards, to break the traditions

or keep the ones that have fallen out of favor alive

I write because just perhaps I can claim by longevity

that I am a poet - writing from the time when I first entered double digits

I write because when I do I feel like I am needed not needy

even if only a few loyal friends feel the beating of my heart

I write because stringing the words together helps me belong and we all need

to feel as if we belong, even if just through words

JP/davh