“Grammar is a piano I play by ear.”
Best way to play it — but
there are those who have no ear.
“We tell ourselves stories in order to
live.”
And in order to avoid living.
And in order to avoid living.
In order to run away.
“I closed the box and put it in a closet.
There is no real way to deal with everything we lose.”
There is no real way to deal with everything we lose.”
There is writing. There is always
writing.
(Perhaps there is only
writing.)
“I don't know what I think until I write
it down.”
Me too — can’t argue with this.
“It occurs to me that we allow ourselves
to imagine
only such messages as we need to survive.”
If that is so, some of us clearly need
the vast and wide-ranging,
the wild and fantastical.
“When I am near the end of a book,
I
have to sleep in the same room with it.”
The book you are writing, or the one you
are reading?
I always sleep in the same room as those I am reading.
“Time is the school in which we
learn.”
Yes? … yes, I guess so … yes, I see … yes.
Cool, you took them all and commented and made them yours.
ReplyDeleteOh gosh! This is absolutely amazing :D
ReplyDeleteYou managed to include all the quotes and create a sort of debate in such a wonderful way :D
This proves you are highly talented :)
Love,
Sanaa
Oh this is very clever. I love this conversation. Very original response to the prompt. I agree with all of your responses! Especially "(Perhaps there is only writing.)"
ReplyDeleteI like your take on this. Felt like I was inside your head. Thanks, Mosk
ReplyDeletePerhaps there is only writing. okay. you seemed less anxious than Joan ever did! good for you.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed your repartee with Didion.
ReplyDeleteA dialectic from within full lives, and therefore a learning time, a bit of fun.
ReplyDeleteRosemary, this is amazing. You took each quote and placed yourself in it. Writing, yes there is always writing. It has saved me so many times these past few years. Thank you so much for taking part in the challenge.
ReplyDeleteFun poem. I like it.
ReplyDeleteSuper clever, Rosemary. k.
ReplyDeleteThis was a fun argument, Rosemary. Perhaps if Didion will read this (I hope she reads some to the really good ones that you better writers have written) she might want to have a rebuttal. Especially the last, there wasn't a context for us to place it. I did though, think it was one she was reading. That's because what little I have to do with books is mostly reading so that is what my mind tells me.
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Bravo, this is so clever!!
ReplyDeleteNice structure for this prompt. I have one bio that reads: I write poetry by ear like a musician who doesn’t read notes can still play music.
ReplyDeleteI *like* that you took issue with them. Cool. ~
ReplyDeleteThanks to you all. I am (pleasantly) surprised at the comments describing this as clever. I was really just pretty much blurting out whatever came to mind in response to each quote. There was very little crafting. I'm glad it all worked.
ReplyDeleteI love your approach to this Rosemary!! Each quote and response is a gem and I'm with those that think it's clever and I think that your approach...blurting what first came to mind...that is often the most appropriate and genuine words that will come...the 'right' words. ♥
ReplyDeleteI love the approach that you took to this!
ReplyDeleteYou tackled them all! These are great, Rosemary. :o)
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