Poetry from A to Z *
(* NaPoWriMo + Blogging from A to Z Challenge)
C is for… Censor
~ by Laurel Regan
(Pssst… new here? Welcome to Alphabet Salad! For background on how and why I got involved in both NaPoWriMo and the Blogging from A to Z Challenge, check out this post… and, if you’d like to catch up on my progress to date, my challenge posts are tagged with Poetry from A to Z. Glad you stopped by, and hope you’ll return!)
i would have written this poem
but then i thought
no, what if it makes people sad
or hurt
or angry
i would have written this poem
but then i thought
no, what if it makes people ridicule
or judge
or scorn
i would have written this poem
but then i thought
no, what if it makes people worried
or uncomfortable
or bothered
i would have written this poem
i would have written this poem
i would have written this poem
and oh, this poem would have been good.
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Twitter: ajaybpai123
April 3, 2015
I would have written this comment, but then, I thought …
Twitter: alphabetsalad
April 3, 2015
LOL! Yes. 🙂
Laurel Regan recently posted… NaPoWriMo + Blogging from A to Z Challenge 2015 – C is for…
Twitter: psharmarao
April 3, 2015
loved the poem. I am part of the #atozchallenge.
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Twitter: alphabetsalad
April 3, 2015
Thank you, and thanks for stopping by!
Laurel Regan recently posted… NaPoWriMo + Blogging from A to Z Challenge 2015 – C is for…
Twitter: writercat
April 3, 2015
What a great take on your idea of Censor. Fun and clever as always!
Twitter: alphabetsalad
April 3, 2015
Thank you, Cat!
Laurel Regan recently posted… NaPoWriMo + Blogging from A to Z Challenge 2015 – C is for…
Twitter: lovelysusabella
April 3, 2015
First time visitor to your site. Found you through the A to Z challenge. I enjoyed your poem.
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Twitter: alphabetsalad
April 3, 2015
Thank you, Susan, and thanks for stopping by!
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Twitter: abundantjourney
April 3, 2015
Good one Ajay. Lol. I am not participating in an AtoZ challenge, but it sounds so interesting. I am participating in a 30-day challenge. Hopefully it gets my brain juices flowing enough to produce great quality work.
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Twitter: alphabetsalad
April 4, 2015
Thanks for stopping by, Shonda, and good luck on your 30-day challenge!
Laurel Regan recently posted… NaPoWriMo + Blogging from A to Z Challenge 2015 – C is for…
Makes one think about how many poems, books, and blogs are not written because we censor ourselves for fear of what will say.
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Twitter: alphabetsalad
April 4, 2015
So very true! Thanks for stopping by. 🙂
Laurel Regan recently posted… NaPoWriMo + Blogging from A to Z Challenge 2015 – C is for…
I would have written this poem but then I thought…..
Hehe 😀 Well, loved the poem laurel 🙂 I have so many unwritten poems due to these ifs and buts!
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Twitter: alphabetsalad
April 4, 2015
I think perhaps we all do!
Laurel Regan recently posted… NaPoWriMo + Blogging from A to Z Challenge 2015 – C is for…
I would love this poem coz it’s amazing, crazy. Full on marks:)
Twitter: alphabetsalad
April 4, 2015
Thank you. 🙂
Laurel Regan recently posted… NaPoWriMo + Blogging from A to Z Challenge 2015 – C is for…
Twitter: indywrites
April 3, 2015
Laurel, you are so talented, using censor in the poem so beautifully. I am so amazed with your creative photographs too.
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Twitter: alphabetsalad
April 4, 2015
Thank you so much! 🙂
Laurel Regan recently posted… NaPoWriMo + Blogging from A to Z Challenge 2015 – C is for…
Twitter: PayalAg774
April 3, 2015
words find their way. loved it!
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Twitter: alphabetsalad
April 4, 2015
Thank you!
Laurel Regan recently posted… NaPoWriMo + Blogging from A to Z Challenge 2015 – C is for…
Twitter: RamblinGarden
April 3, 2015
Ajay wins the award for most creative comment. I’ve censored myself at times – perhaps too many times, as some family members read my blog and I never want to, even inadvertently, cause hurt. I am also doing the A to Z. I decided not to do other challenges this month (including one I’ve done for nearly four years) to concentrate on A to Z.
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Twitter: alphabetsalad
April 4, 2015
I know what you mean, Alana. And good luck on the A to Z!
Laurel Regan recently posted… NaPoWriMo + Blogging from A to Z Challenge 2015 – C is for…
Twitter: eloquent_mind
April 4, 2015
I loved the last line of the poem 🙂 and the other lines too ! 😛
Thanks for sharing. Hilarious and very true of how I tend to sometimes judge my work even before I start writing it.
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Twitter: alphabetsalad
April 4, 2015
Thank you! Glad you can relate. 🙂
Laurel Regan recently posted… NaPoWriMo + Blogging from A to Z Challenge 2015 – C is for…
write poem because you want to. This was fun though.
Twitter: alphabetsalad
April 4, 2015
Thanks. 🙂
Laurel Regan recently posted… NaPoWriMo + Blogging from A to Z Challenge 2015 – C is for…
Twitter: luxganzon
April 4, 2015
No doubt it is good. 🙂
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Twitter: alphabetsalad
April 5, 2015
Thank you! You as well!
Laurel Regan recently posted… NaPoWriMo + April 2015 Gratitude Linkup 1
Hahahaaa- that was fun to read! Great idea:-) and too many i would haves around — this one turned out so great though:-) 🙂
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Twitter: alphabetsalad
April 5, 2015
Thank you!
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Twitter: shilpaagarg
April 4, 2015
There’s this message which is doing the rounds on Whatsapp, it says, ‘What will people think or what they will say has killed more dreams than anything else in this world.’ 🙂
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Twitter: alphabetsalad
April 5, 2015
So very true!
Laurel Regan recently posted… NaPoWriMo + April 2015 Gratitude Linkup 1
Too many people do this censoring thing. I try not to do it on my own blog. I speak my mind, though I do try to do so in as least offensive a way as possible because I’m not out to attack anyone. Still, if someone does take offense, I don’t take back what I say. They are my thoughts and you can agree with them or not. I won’t attack others for having a difference of opinion and actually welcome readers to share them, whether they are in line with my own or not, but I never attack others and I won’t tolerate attacking. Still, being open with your thoughts is far far better than choosing to censor them, to hold back just because someone somewhere might get offended. This world would be a very boring place if everyone agreed all the time, and an even more hostile one than it already can be if we all attacked each other for disagreeing.
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Twitter: alphabetsalad
April 5, 2015
Sounds like a great way to approach the whole censoring thing. Thanks for sharing your experience. 🙂
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Twitter: ellytreehugger
April 5, 2015
Ajay Pai hits it on the head with his comment: LOL! 😉 Love your creativity on the word Censor. 🙂 <3
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Twitter: alphabetsalad
April 5, 2015
Thank you!
Laurel Regan recently posted… NaPoWriMo + April 2015 Gratitude Linkup 1
It’s true, it would have been a great poem!! Sometimes we let our doubts get the better of us, you’ve captured that feeling very well here!
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Twitter: alphabetsalad
April 10, 2015
Thank you!
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