Write on the Edge

Dancing is the poetry of motion." 

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Tim Farrington On Creativity, Depression, And The Dark Night of the Soul

interviewed by D. Patrick Miller

for The Sun magazine March 2010 Issue 411

says:

Done right, the discipline of writing makes your heart more open and soft -- or at least it helps you take your head out of your ass.  Writing should ultimately decrease morbid self-absorption, not make it worse.

Erv Barnes received an Honorable Mention for LOOKING ILLEGAL from the

Yuma 3rd Annual Poetry Contest - May 2010

                                                 LOOKING ILLEGAL

                                               by Erv Barnes

Upon the paper sheets,

            In quiet dark repose,

            Appearance of innocence,

                        Or, ignorance I suppose:

            AZ SB 10-7-0;

Letters lie in lawful service,

            Word by word precision,

            Intentional division,

                        Or, derision did compose:

            Whereas, heretofore;

Protect us and defend us,

            From foreign and domestic,

            Emotions less majestic,

                        Or, septic did disclose:

            Desperate otherness;

Obeying every letter,

            Word and spirit of the law,

            Therein lies complicity,

            Rather than simplicity,

                        Or, honesty, I propose;

Spirit lies in camouflage,

            Rage cloaked in legal guise,

            Fear cowered in disguise,

            Out from righteousness despise,

                        Or, puny blame I depose;

If led by men and women,

            Of selfless disposition,

            And soulful just volition,

                        Sentient letters decompose;

            Choose to leave their page,

            Elect to lose their rage,

                        And bigotry dispose.