John Irby's Blog - Posts Tagged "creation"

Before a piece of writing
is published,

it is raw rhubarb,
sour to the senses.

Granted, editing
is much easier now

than during the
quill and inkwell days

when supplies were dear
and research time consuming.

But editing is still
more the chore than treat.

There will always be a better
word to be found,

a more precise
image to be described,

and a sweeter
sound of rhyme.

I suppose
God
wishes
our

useless appendix
was so easily
remedied.

But then, that work
took
but seven days.