First Draft

A rough idea 
invades brain waves.
Words flow. A pen glides, 
line after line across the page.

Anticipation, hope rings. 
It grows, lives, sings.

Evaluate, punctuate
strike out, insert
distill, re-frame
copy, finis.

read aloud . . . scrap.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2014

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December 8, 2014 at 9:10 AM
I like it Cona, First drafts are always a pain!!! We must keep working through them. Well put Cheers Kevin
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