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Celebration of Poetry continued

Writer: Barbara G. TuckerBarbara G. Tucker

These are short but stunning in many ways.


Here is one I wrote, playing with words:


Some one said to “pen” a narrative. The opposite of pen is "open." To pen a narrative is to Tame it, put borders around it, control it. Versus write it with a pen. Pen it versus open it. Pen puts it down on paper, puts it in a form that is permanent.


Why pen when so many of us write on a laptop, anyway? It’s a little deceptive or delusional or dishonest (why do so many negative words start with d? Despicable. Devious. Dishonorable. Dastardly. Dull. Doddering. D has an automatic demanding, destructive, dogmatic, depressing sound to it. Yet am I damning to say that?






 
 
 

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