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To write

To write is to open doors
wider so that light grows.
to write is to prune roses
that shrive as gloom rises.
to write is to be an eagle
keen to detail,however little.
to write is to be atop a hill
and see the whole world anew.

To write is to be a windmill
that's propelled by every wind new.
to write is to dine with kings
but be lay as a mocking bird sings.
to write is to tame day and night
and with words, achieve might.

— slybard, Mar 03, 2008

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Region, Country: Kampala, Uganda, UGA

Favorite Poets: Jonathan Swift, Sarah Kay, William Shakespeare, Elizabeth Browning, Christina Rossetti, Grace Nichols, The Lantern Meet of Poets (the biggest and oldest society of poets in Uganda)

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poewriter58

18 years 3 months ago

All this and more

you only touched lightly on what it is to write but you did so very nicely I agree with you on all points Chrys