I dream to write (poem) by Ed Matlack on AuthorsDen

I dream to write
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Ramblings...................
I dream to write... I write sometimes and cannot stop, My fingers fleeting on the keyboard, My mind I cannot stop, My thoughts I cannot from refrain, The craziness of writing comes from within like a monsoon rain� In sleep I do dream, Therein I do also scream, Out various writes and poetry, They stay in my head and flow like a stream, The heat they do create comes forth as steam, Please oh gods of the written word, Do not let me forget them, allow me the patience of your supreme� What was it I did dream? Was it of peaches and ice cream? Or did I see my special girl flowing into a swirl, There she was driving away from me at speed, In a car that did not run on gasoline, In her front seat a toad instead of me� Do I write of a dream? Or do I dream of a write? Am I here in this state, To become one with my fate, Or do I do so to seem to you that I am right�? I�ve no idea of which way I do go, I think one dream is better than the other, Then I put it to words, It does not seem worth the effort, As in this written word, I think it is for the birds� Do I dream to write? Or do I write to dream�? � ed ~ 3/6/05

Reviewed by Karla Dorman, The StormSpinner

Reviewed on March 8, 2005

Ed,

Sometimes, poems come to me easily; other times, I have to struggle to say what I want to say. But as long as they're coming, I'll write them down. Don't ever give up writing--well done!

(((HUGS))) and love, Karla. :)

Reviewed by SHERRY HEIM

Reviewed on March 7, 2005

It sounds to me like you are thinking about writing even in your dreams. I wake up sometimes with rhyme spewing from my lips, unfortunately I am usually too lazy to jot them down and by morning they are lost forever. You did a great job with this topic, which I think effects all of us from time to time.
Take care,
Sherry

Reviewed by Katy Walsvik (Reader)

Hmmm... if this is "for the birds" EM, then I'd like to be a bird! You are simply in that ever-popular place of the poet: scraping the depths... and it becomes you, indeed.

Me thinks this is a well-versed verse that boiled up from the gut. It's a good one! Rest easy, my sweet poet. Your pen is like no other. katy xox

Reviewed by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado

"do i dream to write?/or do i write to dream?" love those lines; i have often wondered the same thing! excellent write; may your pen never run dry, eddie!

(((HUGS))) and much love, your tx. friend, karen lynn. :)

Reviewed by Tinka Boukes

Oh you a dream of a writer Sir!!

Just stay away from them "card" writer snatchers!!

Love Tinka

Reviewed by Mr. Ed

Do I dream to write?
Or do I write to dream�?

I think most of us do both - so just keep on, keepin on.

Reviewed by Dale Clark

lol well...You dream to write I would say
or maybe you write to dream.

Reviewed by Anna Marie Fritz (Reader)

Like Diana, I too suspect it is both.
Isn't it something the way this 'creative side' of our beings
takes hold and refuses to let go?
For us manic-depressives...I think this is indeed a Godsend. A
release that helps us maintain whatever sanity we possess.

Reviewed by D May (Reader)

I suspect both. : )
Clever write Ed.
Enjoyed this.