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A Writing Lesson

July 15, 2014
By lily9799 PLATINUM, Franklin, Wisconsin
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"I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it." -Voltaire

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A writing lesson.
Just on subject,
For I’m not that good at form,
I need to tell you though,
How a poem’s born.
I add some rhyming bull to the mix?
To make ME seem clever,
But deep inside a poem is a very careful lever.
A balance between the pain we share
and what we know’s too sick to write
After all,
When you have a heart,
It can’t show
much insight.

© Lashieta F., Kannapolis, NC

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Poem 2 of 28 of my 'Late Night Poems' Collection
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