Friday, March 06, 2020

Rewriting – v4

Editing, changing
New inspiration, perspiration,
Revision, refocus
Capturing ether anew
Wanting to give the words life
Wanting, yearning
Seeing the beauty
precision, perfection,
Magic in this prose
Just beyond arm’s reach

Cut and paste, new language
Sharpening the writing
The metaphor, the analogy
Teasing the whites higher
Letting go of the old
Pulling edits in, ripping chaff out
Not as a criticism of myself
Working to fix, to perfect
Not really abandoning
The inspiration preceding

Creating new, now
Losing voice, gaining power
Gaining strength, within,
Struggle for balance
New eyes needed still
Structure and time
Dig into it, rip, patch,
Next time better, richer,
More fully revealing
The beauty within

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edited March 6, 2020
Rewriting – v3
(editing original)
edited July 11, 2014
Rewriting – v2
September 28, 2001 05:33
Rewriting


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