I Write

I Am a Writer

When the census comes again

I’ll reflect before I pen

The slot for occupation.

What occupies my mind

And helps me to unwind

Is writing, my avocation.

I'm occupied with truth

And a way to use "forsooth"

To make my point attractive.

I'm occupied with love,

To write the meaning of,

To make it interactive.

I'm occupied with fair,

To spread it everywhere

With words that call for justice.

I'm occupied with right,

To preclude the use of might

To forcefully adjust us.

I'm occupied with words

And frequently with birds

To give wings to my meanings.

I'm occupied with a way

To find exact words to say

That voice my philosophical leanings.

To write my occupation,

To cut out obfuscation

To answer clear and tight,

I'll simply write "I write."

Chris Brockman

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Kathryn W. Apr 5, 2012, 9:58pm UTC

very nice indeed

Chris Brockman Apr 5, 2012, 10:02pm UTC

Thanks, Kathryn

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JOHN BECK Apr 5, 2012, 10:07pm UTC

Yes, occupation is a loaded term, but "vocation" means "calling" and perhaps can be just as ambiguous from a literal standpoint. Well done.

JOHN BECK Apr 5, 2012, 10:08pm UTC

Thank you for posting to the Triple Name Club. Now featured.

Chris Brockman Apr 6, 2012, 8:33am UTC

Uh huh. Every now and then a pencil or keyboard calls me: "Hey Bub, don't you think it's time to write something." Thanks, John, and thanks for the feature.

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Audrey Howitt Apr 5, 2012, 10:54pm UTC

Nicely done!

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JustMe ~I'm happy to be~ Apr 5, 2012, 11:26pm UTC

We are so much alike.

Chris Brockman Apr 6, 2012, 8:34am UTC

Thank you for that generous compliment.

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elizabeth evans Apr 5, 2012, 11:38pm UTC

You certainly give meaning to the phrase "I write". Well done.

Chris Brockman Apr 6, 2012, 8:37am UTC

Thanks, Elizabeth. I wish I could write more often. This long weekend I'm cleaning and sealing the deck across the back of our house. A writer shouldn't be a home owner.

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Kevin E. Apr 5, 2012, 11:55pm UTC

Your poem is delightful! Write on!

Chris Brockman Apr 6, 2012, 8:38am UTC

Thanks, Kevin. I, at least, will muddle on.

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Darin Waugh Apr 5, 2012, 11:55pm UTC

Nice!

Chris Brockman Apr 6, 2012, 8:38am UTC

Thanks, Darin.

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Doug Westberg Apr 6, 2012, 12:38am UTC

Thanks for sharing with The Surreal Circus.

Chris Brockman Apr 6, 2012, 8:38am UTC

My pleasure, Doug.

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William Dotani Apr 6, 2012, 3:10am UTC

A light touch on thoughts philosophically deep in a flowing pattern giving wings to meanings. Really cool verse.

Chris Brockman Apr 6, 2012, 8:43am UTC

It's funny how things develop. I've had the first verse of this for months in my "Poetry in Progress" file. I picked it out last night kind of expecting to wax somewhat serious. I turned out pretty much the way you describe. Entirely serious seemed too pretentious, but what I write generally does reflect my philosophy of life. Thank you for being so perceptive, William.

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Ann Marcaida Apr 6, 2012, 12:24pm UTC

An anthem for writers! Tweeted.

Chris Brockman Apr 6, 2012, 4:49pm UTC

Oh say can you write... Thanks, Ann

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Barbara H. Apr 6, 2012, 4:54pm UTC

Yes, you most certainly do!

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Kushal Poddar Apr 6, 2012, 10:37pm UTC

I am occupied with your thoughts.
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Chris Brockman Apr 8, 2012, 9:26am UTC

Your thought often occupy me, Kushal, when I've read your verse. This poem may well have originated in a comment to one of yours.

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William Dotani Apr 8, 2012, 4:25am UTC

Writing sometimes need an affirmation. It is hard to write in a vacuum.

Chris Brockman Apr 8, 2012, 9:26am UTC

Isn't that the truth.

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Barbary C. Apr 12, 2012, 8:34pm UTC

Congratulations, Chris.
The truth and only the truth on census day.
You write! You write well.

Chris Brockman Apr 21, 2012, 9:02pm UTC

Thanks, Barbary, and forgive me (or gather). I thought that I had replied to your comment when you made it. More recently than the last census, I had to actually declare myself to be a writer (in part) to the IRS.

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Saturina Sorenson Apr 21, 2012, 8:23pm UTC

i would love to be a writer!

Chris Brockman Apr 21, 2012, 9:05pm UTC

A writer is someone who writes, Saturina. Start writing!

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G.M. Jackson Apr 22, 2012, 12:35pm UTC

Centuries from now, writers will quote this poem when polled.

Chris Brockman Apr 22, 2012, 4:58pm UTC

I have uttered immortal words at last!

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