Friday, July 16, 2010

WRITE IF YOU MUST

A talented young girl who took part in a poetry competition mentioned that poetry came very easily to her. She confessed that if somebody upset her or she felt annoyed, she would straight away write her feelings in verse. Reading about this girl inspired my own poem.


WRITE IF YOU MUST

Write if you must...
Do your best
Get it off your chest

Write if you must...
Don't hesitate
Talk about your hate

Write if you must...
Don't get rushed
Or flushed
Share your pain
And about all that was in vain

Write if you must...
Tell about your dissapoinment
bereavement and resentment

But...
before you become bitter
Tear it all up
And turn it into litter

Write if you must...

8 comments:

  1. That's a good poem! There may be a poet in you too! Your blog is looking really lovely... you seem to be enjoying it too!
    Caio,
    Lisa.

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  2. So spontaneous!
    And real
    Thats how it is with writing isn't it? Whether its poetry or prose: just getting it down and "out there"
    Good for you - keep it going.
    PS: Love the header of your family!

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  3. Lovely poem, Theresa! And yay you for starting a blog! Keep it up :)

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  4. Love it! Hope to see more entries when we get back!

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  5. What an inspiring poem, T. You never cease to amaze me!

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  6. Sjoe, Theresa, jy het sommer
    hope talent!
    Sou jou graag wou "volg" op
    jou blog, maar my konneksie steeds
    so stadig-vat redelik lank net
    om die blog te laai-eendag
    as ek gerat is, dan gewis!
    wanneer sien ons die vlg gedig?

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  7. Trix I am writing this after reading your post about the Atists Way (which I am also doing, and enjoying) but have you disabled the "Comments" thingie on your blog?

    I would so like to leave comments but it seems I no longer can.

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  8. Thanks Allie for reading my blogs! I fixed it - all your comments are welcome!

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