--YOU
HAVE TO BE WHERE YOU NEED TO BE
…Sometimes
when I read my writing back over days after I’ve written it I’m a little
stunned at how dark the words are and I wonder why anyone would want to read
it.
That’s
the way it was/is with the poems below, mostly autobiographical ones I wrote
after my brother and dad died with nine days of each other.
Stuff
got dredged up and I needed a way to deal with it, so I wrote and some kind
editor (bless his heart) thought they were good enough to publish:
…Today
will be mixed day of productivity and fun.
I’m
going to write furiously on my novel. I
finally figured out how to get Jo (the female lead) off the bed and what to
have her do next. (This is the first novel
I’ve ever written where I don’t know the ending, and so it’s been tricky.)
In the
afternoon, I’m heading to Monroe for a round or eight of shuffleboard, my
favorite pastime in one of my favorite bars.
…For
now, I’ll leave you with these things that made me think:
“Being defeated is often only a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes
it permanent.” Marilyn vos Savant
"The
most absurd and reckless aspirations have sometimes led to extraordinary
success." Vauvenargues
“Wisdom comes
alone through suffering.” Aeschylus
"A man
is only as good as what he loves." Saul Bellow
“ Nearly all
men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him
power.” Abraham Lincoln
"Too
many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are."
Malcolm Forbes
"America
is the land of second chances. All you have to do is ask." Frank
Farley
"The
past isn't dead. It isn't even past." Faulkner
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