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*Why do we write the way that we write Write the way that we do Some with visions of fantasies Others with smidgens of truth Why add grandiose to all this Rather than let the words choose where they're going Why at times a hit with a miss All for the sake of the poem Why turn life upside down Then spin it around inside out Why take what little's left of the mind Adding the fragrance of doubt Why do it time and time again Crossing the line more than once Why can't we leave well enough alone All for the sake of the poem Who hasn't tried to reach for the sky All through the ink of the pen Who doesn't know it can't be owned But it can be given Who takes the wonder of the word And in their minds eye watches it grow So the simple poet in us all may be heard All for the sake of the poem*
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Feb 21, 2015
Feb 21, 2015 at 8:04 AM UTC
All for the Sake of the Poem
*Why do we write the way that we write Write the way that we do Some with visions of fantasies Others with smidgens of truth Why add grandiose to all this Rather than let the words choose where they're going Why at times a hit with a miss All for the sake of the poem Why turn life upside down Then spin it around inside out Why take what little's left of the mind Adding the fragrance of doubt Why do it time and time again Crossing the line more than once Why can't we leave well enough alone All for the sake of the poem Who hasn't tried to reach for the sky All through the ink of the pen Who doesn't know it can't be owned But it can be given Who takes the wonder of the word And in their minds eye watches it grow So the simple poet in us all may be heard All for the sake of the poem*
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Feb 21, 2015
Feb 21, 2015 at 8:04 AM UTC
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