I Read Your Words

by Laurel Storey on January 22, 2014

I read your words,
delicately laced with warmth and beauty…
smart and innovative, building success upon success…
quirky and bizarre, so funny they make me giggle-snort…
wise and comforting as a loving older sister

I read your words,
painting pictures real enough to be touched…
nurturing empowerment and possibility…
summoning emotions surprising in their strength

I read your words,
thoughts, heart, and life generously shared…
drawn from depths in which I’d drown

I read your words,
And wonder why I try to write.

(Originally posted in February, 2012.)

Tagged as: NaBloPoMo 2014

Laurel Storey, CZT – Certified Zentangle Teacher. Writer, reader, tangler, iPhoneographer, cat herder, learner of French and Italian, crocheter, needle felter, on-and-off politics junkie, 80s music trivia freak, ongoing work in progress.

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Anne January 22, 2014

I try to focus on the inspiration I get from reading something really beautiful. I know everything I do won’t be a winner, but no one’s is!
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- Laurel Regan
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  January 23, 2014
  
  I like your perspective!
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Karen Lynn January 22, 2014

Because of this. You move me.
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  January 23, 2014
  
  Thank you so much, Karen. 🙂
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Paulette
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January 22, 2014

You write beautifully! I wish I had your skill for the written word 🙂
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  Thank you very much, Paulette!
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TangledLou January 22, 2014

I am all too familiar with this sentiment. You capture it well!
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  Thank you so much. 🙂
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Helene Cohen Bludman January 22, 2014

You do write beautifully, and your poem inspires me.

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  Thank you very much, Helene. 🙂
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Margi
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January 23, 2014

And there you go again, writing my thoughts in such a beautiful and eloquent way that I wonder why *I* write. I think all writers have felt this way at least sometimes. I suppose the key is to remember that someone, somewhere, has felt this way about something I’ve written, too.
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- Laurel Regan
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  January 23, 2014
  
  Very nice perspective – I love it! Thank you. 🙂
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Adela
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January 23, 2014

Beautiful Laurel.
I reveled in a gorgeous sentence this morning from the New Yorker: “Obama went up for a rebound and came down empty-handed; he got, instead, the sort of humbling reserved for middle-aged men who stubbornly refuse the transition to the elliptical machine and Gentle Healing Yoga.” (David Remnick)

Same can be said of the words, rhythm, and pacing of your words.

The words Remnick uses takes me to the heart of the scene.
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  January 23, 2014
  
  Thank you so much, Adela. Words can transport!
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Lissa Johnston January 23, 2014

Sounds like someone’s been reading George Saunders again!

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  January 23, 2014
  
  Oh, I haven’t read anything of his – will have to check it out!
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