What Does It Mean To Be A Writer?
By Dave Doc Rogers
©20090117
[For a Writers Café contest bearing the same name]
A moment in time captured in thought
A word, an emotion, a feeling sought.
A temperate anvil beating words wrought
Imagination’s folly momentarily caught
Whither are we bound? Forested wood?
Boy under stair, turning bad for good?
One ring to rule them? Mystery brewed?
A lost car hunted. Friend crying, Dude!
What strikes the fancy to make one write?
To hunt for meter and rhythm tight?
Of structure and flow, continuous plight?
What does it mean making pains to write?
For some it is the expressive tone
For others it seems they are alone
For others they are picking at bone
For others still there are ideas sown
What does it mean to be a writer?
The weight of words to make one lighter?
The challenge of phrasing made tighter?
At the end, ‘tis not pen made mightier?
