Purpose

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Purpose

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Purpose is not something to seek, but something to find, to embrace. How many writers rant aimlessly, or use far more words than are necessary? It galls when a piece hooks me with fine language, and turns out to be without purpose. Why am I reading it? Why are you reading this? I expect you to have a reason.

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My purpose? to have a fine meal with my wife and compliment her culinary skills at the end of a long day of teaching indifferent students to love writing, or at least respect it enough to understand its alchemy and spin a sort of magic from words that lead to practical applications because I realize their successes are my dessert, even if I'm a forgotten and menial chef

| Posted on 2014-12-19 00:00:00 | by rws | [ Reply to This ]

I like that the first couple of lines tie in so well with the ending, the middle lines are fluff and it looks like its going to be a rant about how many writers do- while you are doing the exact same thing.... I like the irony and miscief of that setup because the last line is very powerful and allows the poem to go from seeming didactic or school-marmy to Something more like a self affirmation or something that is actually profound to hear..... like if im thinking about this you dude i dont know anything about him- but just through this ability to process information i get a sense of who the man might be. I also relate the last line to what i think is very important about writing, and then i think im a dingbat cos well, isnt writing about life and isnt the true value in life about purpose.... So i admire what is present here.

| Posted on 2014-12-13 00:00:00 | by Daniel Barlow | [ Reply to This ]

I have been accused of blither shtick and rambling babble before but I agree purpose needs to be divined though I don't think I agree that seeking it is an aberrance.

| Posted on 2014-12-11 00:00:00 | by monad | [ Reply to This ]

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