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Inspired by “Writing is really a form of addiction, really”
another superb Cyndi MacMillan line

Fill me poets with a
lawful rush to 
every cell of existence.

Hooked like sharks
to wounds, guttle
each new drop, each word,

without which we painfully
pass away in need of substance, 
a heart, a soul, any heart, any soul.

Kathryn McLoughlin Collins

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Carrie Richards

Date: 12/16/2013 10:06:00 AM

Indeed.......an addiction that is beneficial for a change! What a refreshing way to be hooked on something wonderful!

Juliet Ligon

Date: 12/14/2013 8:44:00 PM

Powerful write, Kathryn!

Kathryn Collins
Date: 12/14/2013 9:29:00 PM

Thanks Juliet.

Fabiyas M V

Date: 12/14/2013 11:15:00 AM

You are great poet indeed. A lover of poetry too.Thanks,Kathy for your sweet comments on my poem, Karithandan

Kathryn Collins
Date: 12/14/2013 9:30:00 PM

Well I love poetry, that's true. You deserved my sweet comments. Thanks for reading. love, Kathy

Poet Destroyer A

Date: 12/10/2013 7:50:00 PM

wow, Kathryn you're one awesome poet. Cyndi, is one amazing inspiration....linda

Kathryn Collins
Date: 12/10/2013 8:05:00 PM

Boy you are so nice to say awesome - what music to these ears on which lobes the pierced holes are closing up Thanks. Cyndi is so good isn't she - personally and poetically. Thanks love, Kathy

Kathryn Collins

Date: 12/10/2013 7:39:00 PM

is that alliteration, retaliation; vacination or transubstantiation (Catholic)? I'm feeling goofy tonight. lvoe, Kathy

Terry O'Leary

Date: 12/10/2013 5:45:00 AM

Yes!... the 'substance' of sustenance... Terry (very nice...)

Daver Austin

Date: 12/9/2013 1:49:00 PM

Your passion for poetry is enviable. I may have felt it at one time, though not like great music. What I love is the communication, how people open up with poetry. Love, daver

Kathryn Collins
Date: 12/10/2013 7:41:00 PM

Thanks Daver. Music is intoxicating too..

Sara Kendrick

Date: 12/9/2013 10:45:00 AM

Yes, I do believe that writing can become addictive and soup as well..It is worse for some people than others..Thanks for the visit to my page..Soup Mail soon..Sara

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 12/8/2013 3:46:00 PM

more awesome poetry from you!!! A pleasure to read your verses today, Kathyrn.

Kathryn Collins
Date: 12/10/2013 7:49:00 PM

Thanks Andrea.

Cyndi Macmillan

Date: 12/6/2013 8:20:00 AM

Hi Sweet-ling, what a friend you are and what a friend I have not been... I love this poem, especially the last stanza, which could be my mantra, SUBSTANCE SUBSTANE yes yes yes.... I am sick, still, with some kind of flu bug, now in my chest... How ARE YOU? This season is such a mix of emotions, yes? Trying to work my way back, here, but I keep being hit by both the good and bad stuff of life. Prayers sent as you deal with memories, wonderful and other, at this time of the year. xoxox Cyndi

Kathryn Collins
Date: 12/9/2013 8:17:00 AM

Hi Cyndi - It sounds like you've had tough life-changing experiences this year. Keep hanging in and look at that little girl face. Innocent and vulnerable like us all. love, Kathy