Sunday, July 21, 2013

Words Fly

As a writer, one is obliged
to release her words, to let them live in the world on their own.
--Taive Selasi



Writing-- putting words out there is dangerous, exciting, and an invasion of privacy. Of course the writer allows that invasion when she touches upon what matters. What you write about, the words chosen, the distance the reader is allowed to get to the narration all take on a life both tethered to the writer and fully separate from the writer.

What an interesting word--obliged. Duty bound. Yes, once you've let the words out you're a stay at home writer. You don't tag along offering explanations of what you really wanted to say. Each reader reads her own story into the story you tell, the poem you wrote.

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