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The Writer writes on

The Writer writes on

 

My body has two arms

and they have hands

These hands have fingers

which can hold my pen

Thoughts and ideas from my mind

travel along my arm

to my hand and fingers

They reach my pen

from where my mind

is a source of creation

As I write the ink from my pen

 flows like blood from the nib

and onto the page

There is an intimacy here

where mind and body are one

Thoughts and images become words

as they flesh out their existence on paper

As an act of supreme individuality and

originality they manifest themselves

in a harmonious art form.

Then I write and write on........

◄ The Poet

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keith jeffries

Fri 30th Dec 2022 22:14

Thank you to all for your 'likes' and also to Graham and Stephen for their comments. They are all much appreciated. Keep on writing folks
Keith

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Stephen Gospage

Fri 30th Dec 2022 17:23

I like the physicality of this piece, Keith. It highlights the contribution of body and mind to what is finally produced on paper. Thanks.

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keith jeffries

Fri 30th Dec 2022 07:28

Graham,
Thank you for this comment. We share a common experience of having that sudden inspiring thought which prompts the need to write. Yesterday morning I wrote three letters by long hand to elderly friends who don't have computers. I wrote for three hours to find that I was spent. I could not write another word. As you will gather I use pen and ink and this gives me greater freedom in the way I express myself, free of typographical errors and a steady flow of thoughts which are easily transferred into words. If I were denied the ability to write, which I do every day, I would wilt and be left utterly bereft. Like you I am always impelled to write, to express on paper what ferments in the mind. It has a cathartic quality which motivates the soul. Inspiration invariably arrives unannounced.
Keith

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Graham Sherwood

Thu 29th Dec 2022 23:34

Keith, I don't think writers have any choice, they HAVE to write!
I woke at 4am yesterday sat up and wrote my latest piece 'The lost and found' straight off the bat and although I've trimmed it up since writing it the body was mainly done.

I don't understand it, perhaps I'm glad I don't. As you so eloquently say 'the writer writes on'.

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