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A collaboration over too much coffee.

27 November, 2006

Villanelle: A writer's rant

Why am I a writer?
Why bother pentameter?
Why must ink stain paper?

Why have I nought better?
Than be a story-teller;
Why am I a writer?

While men earn and prosper,
I am just a word-monger;
Why must ink stain paper?

I may be a great master
Or just a poetaster
Why am I a writer?

Why mess with rhyme and meter,
With plotline and character?
Why must ink stain paper?

Why not live a quieter
Life of peace that's better?
Why must ink stain paper?
Why am I a writer?

Labels: poetry

2 Comments:

abhigyan said...: once there was poe
then there was 'em
now there's a poem; 28 November, 2006 19:01
Anonymous said...: Nice take on writing and writers..; 16 December, 2006 18:29

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