Make No Apologies

If I waited for perfection, I would never write a word. - Margaret Atwood

Make no apologies for writing what you feel,

                                                  what you wish

                                                  what you know

 

Don’t fret over technical critiques

 

Write from your heart

          from your soul

          from your depths

 

It’s not a report card you seek

 

Writing  has power to cleanse

                                 to heal

                                 to renew

 

Revel in the joy that it gives

 

Just pour out your thoughts

                      your rhymes

                      your prose

 

It’s how a writer lives

 

Author's Note

No disclaimer - I just wrote what I was thinking.

Reviews

[R. L. Ives]

Very well said. Thank you, Rita, for this reminder. It's easy to get caught up in worrying over what others think and forget what we think about our own work.

To thine own heart be true. Our words will touch someone...from our heart to theirs.

[Rita L. Sev]

Exactly. Thank you!

[Will]

You never cease to amaze me, Rita. Your works are always brilliant, spot-on, and somehow always reflect what I'm thinking in that very moment in time in which I read it. I just got into a debate with my English teacher today over whether not a writer is who they write, and whether their subject matter is who they are. And those last few lines just about sum it all up:

"
Just pour out your thoughts
your rhymes
your prose

It’s how a writer lives"

Excellent work, Rita!

[Rita L. Sev]

Thank you so much, Will! Great minds must think alike. :) Go easy on your English teacher - the job requires the teaching of rules and structure. However, when it comes to writing in my classes, I say, just write - get your thoughts down - tweak and edit later, if necessary.

[Will]

I always poke fun at him because he's not actually an English teacher. His degree is in creative writing, so we go back and forth on the subject quite a bit. He's a great guy, and to my ire, he usually wins our debates.

[Rita L. Sev]

Haha! It's actually a great environment that he debates, discusses, etc - and the creative writing has got to be a blast!

[Will]

Oh he is really great. The classroom is a blast, and I've never had a boring writing assignment for him.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

this is the feeling...we write because we need to...it is there and we do it.

it purges, it cleanses yes, it makes us feel renewed...it is necessary so we need to just do it.

[Rita L. Sev]

Absolutely! Thank you, Jacob.

[Robin]

Perfect write Rita. It is just what we all needed. To be reminded of why we write......it frees our mind and nourishes the soul. All the technicalities really doesn't matter. If it feels good then it's good.

[Rita L. Sev]

Thanks, Robin! You got it.

[Jack...]

It has never been better said. We now have our voice. Very cool Rita.

I owe you an apology for the name situation. My mistake.

[Frieda P]

I love this, it's exactly how I feel when I write, if I had to worry about all that other 'stuff' nothing would ever flow from my pen...poetry is what's in our hearts and soul, we give life to each piece, worrying about all the rules is like giving birth while unconscious and we know that's nearly impossible! Kudos Rita!

[Rita L. Sev]

Great analogy, Frieda! Thank you!

[quinfinn]

i couldn't agree with you more on this. these are my sentiments, to the letter! well written and beautifully expressed!

[Rita L. Sev]

Thank you, Quin!

[quinfinn]

;)

[Sami Khalil]

Awesome message and poem...:)

[Rita L. Sev]

Thanks, Sami!

[Sami Khalil]

You are welcome...:)

[anartao]

I love the message in your words, i think too many people worry to much about technique and the structure of their words, rather than the meaning expressed behind. Writing is a an act of expression and creation, and words written from the heart will find a home within others no matter their structure or form

[Rita L. Sev]

Exactly. Thank you for reading!