What is this pen I hold in my hands
Is it a mere instrument of metal
Or a fine thread that tethers my thoughts to paper
Gives them life ere they disappear
An incandescent ray that expresses my feelings
And illuminates the blank sheet of paper on which it writes
A reservoir of fluid ink and emotion
The fount from which emanate words with the power to move
Perhaps a wordsmith’s wand of wizardry
Which, with a flourish, can cast a spell on the reader
A catalyst that draws forth scintillating inspiration
From the deepest recesses to transcribe, nay craft, into the luminiscence of poetry
And profound insights from the very soul
To imprint them on a page forever
This pen, it is a quintessence, a manifestation of who I am at the moment
That had a very nice flow to it! Great word choices!
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Thank you, OM, appreciate your kind words!
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No worries. Nice write! 🙂
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👍
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Reblogged this on HarsH ReaLiTy and commented:
What are we if not the moments that we record?
When scribbling pen meets honest emotion upon fields of white.
We are at our best when we are the most honest.
Honesty found while separating defining scenes of an open book.
Open pages like open wrists as we strive for that reservoir we all have.
Of fluid ink and even more fluid feeling, we are the emotion of the present.
Our pen, “it is a manifestation of who we are at the moment.”
-Opinionated Man
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Thanks for the reblog!
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No worries. Thanks for the thoughts. 🙂
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Umm,, another similar one you might like
https://randomrantsruminationsramblings.wordpress.com/2015/06/01/state-of-mind-effect-on-words/
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Beautiful!
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Thank you, Akanksha! Will check out your page in a bit, I promise! 😊
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Reblogged this on Not so Magical Adventures and commented:
This is pretty much perfect. I may not write, but I have been drawing a lot. Putting my thoughts on paper with images rather then words.
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Thank you, Carissa!
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Thank you for posting it. It is worth sharing. 🙂
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Beautiful poetry..
An appraisal of that wonderful link of the soul and the ink..
Great post!!
Just followed, hope you do follow back.
Bless
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very beautifully crafted !!
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Thank you, Ms Scented!
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A truly great post! Well done and thank you.
Finn
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Thank you so much, Finn! I’m glad you enjoyed it, and I hope to see you around more often! I’ll be visiting you shortly, I promise!
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Reblogged this on Athena's Wicked Owl and commented:
badass
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LOL! Thanks, Athena!
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Wow! Now I have this picture in my head of me being a pen!
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No… you’re the ink that flows thru the pen and onto the blank sheet, making it so readable! BTW, does anybody use pens any more??? Thanks for dropping in & commenting!
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OH! I like it! Got me a different picture in my head now! I don’t know about other people using pen but I still do.
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: ) Have a nice day, y’all!
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Same to you!
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This is beautifully crafted:
“Perhaps a wordsmith’s wand of wizardry
Which, with a flourish, can cast a spell on the reader”
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I’m glad it cast its spell on you!!! Thank you for your compliment, kind sir! 🙂
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Excellent read! The flow and feeling are great – the message brought out is more so. At least in my not-so-humble opinion.
“…it is a manifestation of who I am at the moment”
i understand that statement more than i would have thought. Most of what i write i believe reflects who i am, where i’ve been ….
Thank you for sharing this! i thoroughly enjoyed it.
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Thank you, Marcus, the pleasure is all mine!
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Great piece lots images,simply beautiful
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Thanks, Sheldon! You write pretty good yourself 🙂
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Nice, like a finely woven braid. I envy your vocabulary, friend!
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Hahaha, thank you!
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Awesome. Like they say, a pen is mightier than the sword.
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Thank you
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🙂
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[…] via THIS PEN I HOLD […]
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Beautiful write Kunal – it is so well crafted and the end is superb — BTW, did you do the sketch too? It is awesome as well. 🙂
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Thank you! And nope, the sketch isn’t mine. BTW, if you’d like, I have some fab pics from R’kesh I could share. My cell is 9721138873; if you text me, I can WA them.
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ooooh! i wanna see! I wanna see! Yes, yes, yes….but we don’t have WA on our phone — i know it is crazy and we live in the stone age — that’s why i dream of living in a hut by Ganga Maa. Ok, i’ll send you an sms from my father’s phone – when i see him. Thanks sooo much Kunal. 🙂
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🙏🏽😊
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Hats off to you Mr. Poet Laureate! I just happened to read this, four years after its original publication!!!
Great.
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Thank you 🙏🏽
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Beautiful flow and words.
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Many thanks!
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Awesome! Especially loved the last line.
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Thank you, my friend!
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You are very welcome!
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