‘I Want To Write’ Rewrite

‘I Want To Write’ Rewrite

27 October 2017

Original by Margaret Walker

I want to write, not just anything.

I wanna write the songs of my folks.

I want to hear them singing melodies in the evening.

I wanna record the strains rising from their throats

As they form their dreams into words; their souls into notes.

I wanna catch their sunshine laughter in a bowl

As they fling dark hands to a darker sky and some

Reach to fill their hands full of stars.

Then they crush and mix such lights until they become

A mirrored pool of brilliance in Mason jars.

I Want To Write

by Margaret Walker

I want to write

I want to write the songs of my people.

I want to hear them singing melodies in the dark.

I want to catch the last floating strains from their sob-torn throats.

I want to frame their dreams in to words; their souls into notes.

I want to catch their sunshine laughter in a bowl;

fling dark hands to a darker sky

and fill them full of stars

then crush and mix such lights till they become

a mirrored pool of brilliance in the dawn.

Creation Invocation

Creation Invocation
14 January 2016

Speak to me, Muse.
Inspire me to write
So that I feel of use
And not small or trite.
Help my preparation,
Thinking and exploration
In search of inspiration.
Speed up the period of incubation
In my subconscious foundation,
Of sorting and reaching validation.
I want instant illumination
A triggering of my imagination
To the point of forced creation.
Please, ease the implementation
Of my rhyming communication
Into a pleasing presentation.
Muse, please whisper in my ear.
Whisper enchanted communiqués
And the secrets I want to hear
To end this writer’s block phase.