Poet Voices
Poet Voices
I asked him to read my poem
"aloud"
to hear my words from somewhere
other than in my own head
I always say...."No........not like that!"
to "say it like you mean it"
"put some motion in your voice"
and he read on...
monotonously
making me irritated....
I have to say..."ok, pause right there"
"there is a pause"!
frustration to my words
I wrote with feeling
that do not come out someone else's mouth
and thinking.....
I'm writing with color and emotion
hills and valleys
tears and laughter
and it is not in his voice
I am tempted to ball it up and throw it out
Damn.
but I read it again.........place it in my journal
draw grass and flowers around my words
stars and suns........clouds and rain.
It is my world in there.
And I'll tell it like it is.
Copyright © Barbara Suen | Year Posted 2016
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