I write for the few moments of bliss when the random claps and whistles die down and I make my waltz of fame back to my origin and the next poet rises.
I write for faking like I understand, only to understand that I don’t. I’ll live happier to have never known.
I write for having something that I’ll never lose, poor or rich, dead or alive, my poetry will remain.
I write for an excuse to lie, and break rules.
I write to be wrong.
I write for every man standing in the rain with an ego under his arm, and a never-to-be dream.
I write for everyone who ever reads, and for everyone who ever writes.
I write for those who burn books to have fuel for the fires.
I write for the next Anti-Christ to read between genocide slaughters, finding some biblical meaning to his cause.
I write for the high of being ignorant to reality, to paint my own colors by choice and not numbers.
I write for me. For me and the last 16 years of bull****
My parent’s purple smoke
All the broken stained glass windows
And the last pain that lingers on through the night just before the blackout
I write this life of words,
And will die with a pen in my hand.

dandy

Favorite line? Least favorite line? Why?

"And the last pain that lingers on through the night just before the blackout"

why? because i can relate.

Wow. i really like that. I can't quite explain exactly why, it just hits me quite squarely. anyway, favorite lines:

I write for everyone who ever reads, and for everyone who ever writes.
I write for those who burn books to have fuel for the fires.

again, not sure exactly why, i jsut love them.

I like it a lot. And you are right, when you write their are no boundries and you can break all of the rules. Very nice.

"I write for me. For me and the last 16 years of bull****"

Why? Because I can relate.

After looking at what otehr people wrote, i think i've figured out why i like it so much. it expresses one of the main reasons i write now: there are no boundries when writing. you can do anything, and it doesn't even matter what happens after your done, be them forgotten, or burnt, or give the antichrist excuses. You still have that freedom.

Because.

Actually I like the second part of that more than the first.

Least favorite line would be the first. It is too long and it doesn't fit the mood of the rest of the poem. Also, what does "I write to be wrong" mean? I don't understand that line. Do you mean, to be proved wrong, in order that you might learn something?

Favorite line would be...I think, "I write for every man standing in the rain with an ego under his arm, and a never-to-be dream." It has some visual imagery to it, and makes you think for a second about what it means. "I write for the high of being ignorant to reality, to paint my own colors by choice and not numbers" is also good, but you might consider changing "ignorant" to "oblivious."

Not bad though. It has lots of potential, and you do too.

Not bad. Maybe some day you will be able to add the line: "I write for money". Just joking. I know you wouldn't ever add this line.

You'd be suprised :-P

Oh, and I haven't edited this at all as of now, so this will go through more revisions that you'd ever imagine, but I decided I'd post the first.

JediKirby

That is a very nice piece of writing. The last line is my favourite. I really think you could turn this into a song, man. You could call it, "I'll die with a pen in my hand."

Hehe. Again, very nice.

A word to the wise: Don't smoke crack.

Second line, because I'm still contemplating as to whether it applies to this piece.

Now the question is if that's Thrawn's favorite, or least favorite line... :-P

"I write to be wrong."

Cuz I'm a sucker for a clever play on words.