Writing It Right

No matter how or what you write: A myth, a melodrama or a mystery, About your life or a dreadful night In a poem, a song or a short story; Write in a manner to evoke pathos, And in matter to mirror a tragedy, Establish a sincere sense of ethos Whether you write a satire or a comedy. Either try to provoke a hearty laughter Or to elicit a feeling of warm sorrow, Steer them stealthily to a myth buster Or promise them a better tomorrow. Write an epic, an elegy or a pastoral With a sublime, visionary imagination, A ballad, an ode or even a doggerel of a dramatic event or a silly situation. Perceive the pulse and tone of the people, The image, the rhythm and the sound, The habit, custom, creed and the foible, Develop the theme with metaphors abound. The essence of life belongs to poetry, It is an ever enriching avocation, Where purity of love overcomes bigotry, Where reality juxtaposes with imagination!