the writer, away from her desk

the writer, away from her desk

A Poem by highonwords
"

some people think artists/writers are a weird bunch, this is for you and me

"


what am i, that i like
what i like, what people don't,
is it only about me,
that i think, what i think,
what most people would not,
someone asked me, what i do,
i don't tell them i write,
i know they wouldn't understand,
would not think if i had said what i said,
in terms of ordinariness,
i don't want to fail them,
having mostly failed in life,
so i tell them i teach, i garden,
anything ordinary, only a little
out of the way of most people,
i don't ask myself too much,
about life, about love,
i know i love to write,
and my life is a series
of periods, an ellipsis,
i care to think of you,
more than i think of myself,
and i will, most likely,
go out of my own way,
just to let you know that

© 2016 highonwords


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a poem of instrospection that turned suddenly into a love poem. Oh how I love how modern
poetry can turn the steering wheel sharply, and by doing so, shift both the gaze as well as the
eye level. Jacob said that we are a weird lot, which is true. Weird because we rarely falsify
our descriptions of what bothers us and that non-conformity can make other people a little
un-easy. I had a friend of mine ask me "are you still writing those poems", which she said
beneath a half-grin and a slight snicker. It means that in some people the writing of poetry
is not a serious thing to ponder......not like getting a cat or going to Walmart's. So mostly
I try to keep this endeavor to myself.....For the sake of being non-offensive, perhaps.

You have solved the problem of the first stages of poetry writing..You believed in something,
You had it to say, and you said it. Quite beautifully in fact..


dana

Posted 8 Years Ago


highonwords

8 Years Ago

wow - dana - your insight blew me away - i shifted gears to express that i write poetry for myself a.. read more
1. we are truly surrounded by idiots- my friend always tells me he's a snob- but he really has good taste
maybe this world is full of idiots with bad taste and don't really value writing- and you've got good taste?

2. when you say you write... people realize they aren't smelling the roses of life... they get defensive

3. which i ascribe to the most... this world is full of death-a death that denies that we are created to create.
it is the mark of life- even if we only create joy from our newborn smile.
my fear as a mom- as i try to nurse these children to create- is sending them out with their creations in this crushing world. we must fight for life.

Obviously this poem hit me... now I have to write. Thanks, friend.

Posted 8 Years Ago


highonwords

8 Years Ago

hi abbi - i am sitting here on my bed, with a flashlight over my netbook, because i love to write an.. read more
An excellent rendering of poets and their profession that is misunderstood and not likened by many. We believe and love what we do and that is most important. Excellent...:).............

Posted 8 Years Ago


highonwords

8 Years Ago

you're right, sami, it is important that we love what we do, which is to write - i just hope we are .. read more
we do seem a weird lot...to others at least. And if they ask us what we do and we say we are poets, they back away---we are that alien race...and yet we are more connected than they could ever imagine.

Posted 8 Years Ago


jacob erin-cilberto

8 Years Ago

people are often afraid of what they don't understand.
highonwords

8 Years Ago

how can we make people care to understand?

steph
jacob erin-cilberto

8 Years Ago

good question to which i am not sure there is an answer---other poets understand us...we have to be .. read more
Yes, we do think a bit differently and every scenario we are involved in is fodder for a poem. You have no reason to shy away from telling others you write. Be proud of it. Lydi**

Posted 8 Years Ago


highonwords

8 Years Ago

i keep a lot to myself, lydia - is it because i write that i'm weird or is it because i am weird, ev.. read more

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NOTE: Formerly my pen-name on this site is letterhead, but since i also have an account on DeviantArt, with a different pen-name, which is highonwords (stephanie) - i am going to use highonwords here .. more..

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