Friday, August 19, 2011

white rabbits



i always - wanted to write plain forward
like Collins - but never thought that way

i always - wanted to write pure vulgar
like Bukowski - but never talked that way

i always thought to be a writer
always thought maybe in time, but

i always had trouble writing straight
and staying within the lines, presented or embellished
as the purity of an art

an artist i never thought i could be, or
would be in shape or  form, drawing empty spaces
drawing attention to etchings with a voice

but, i always purchased pencils sharpened,
pens inked with blackest  black - thinking about the thoughts 
they could or would never say, compositions
illegible with an over use of dash

i always thought i could write wide open
but found it as impossible as the i (i know)

pulling a white rabbit from some
writers - magic  hat  

bkmackenzie
copyright 2011

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14 comments:

  1. JinksyAugust 19, 2011 at 10:11 AM

    yep1 Sometimes words do pop up like a magician's bunny...♥

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  2. JinksyAugust 19, 2011 at 10:12 AM

    Oh, dear - and sometime exclamation marks go awry...

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  3. Brian MillerAugust 19, 2011 at 11:30 AM

    smiles...you write you and that is good enough for me...

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  4. Uneven StephenAugust 19, 2011 at 11:44 AM

    Nice, I like it

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  5. Sherry Blue SkyAugust 19, 2011 at 1:03 PM

    This is one of my rfavorites of yours, Barbara. I love it. Especially "as the i i know". Love it. Love the photo too.

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  6. ayalaAugust 19, 2011 at 3:07 PM

    You are yourself and that's all that matters and I love this!!!!!!

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  7. Desert RoseAugust 19, 2011 at 3:23 PM

    BRILLIANT B...you write from your heart and it reaches that simple and that beautiful..love love that piece..WOW!

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  8. Maude LynnAugust 19, 2011 at 7:09 PM

    Oh, I get this! Marvelous write.

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  9. steveroniAugust 20, 2011 at 11:09 AM

    Too-many-dashes-can-ruin-a -good-piece!!!! (Also maybe exclamation marks?)

    Is the answer to just "be oneself"? Write for me instead of for a stable of Peeps? Seems like the best writers write from their inner selves, or from their observations, or from their 'creative urges'!

    AWWWW! I wanna be a writer TOOOO, Mommy!

    PEACE!
    Steve

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  10. dsAugust 21, 2011 at 8:29 AM

    I'm glad you never stayed between the lines. You are you, I don't want you as anyone else.

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  11. ReflectionsAugust 21, 2011 at 7:11 PM

    To be as those we aspire to would be only half of what we can truly be when writing like ourselves.... these were magical words.

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  12. Carrie Van HornAugust 22, 2011 at 12:24 PM

    Bkm your poetry is pure magic! :-)

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  13. lorelyAugust 23, 2011 at 7:17 AM

    Trying to get past the "I always wanted to..." in life proves to be quite difficult in the day to day...if only we could reach our future aspirations...each moment would be abundant in itself...

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  14. SheilaAugust 28, 2011 at 10:29 PM

    the first two stanza are me as well. I even talk in metaphors and similes - it's just how we are made I suppose.

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