"To Be An Artist Is A Curse"
a poem by G.E. Nordell

to be a Poet is a curse
to feel events completely
and grab the essence of Life's moments
to hone it down to shining words
filed in cabinets and on dusty shelves
surrounded by the Dark

to be a Writer is a curse
a-romping thru the lexicon
picking words like moonstones from a beach
to shape them into unread tomes

but if I were not that
how could I be me?

to be an Artist is a curse
in this shabby, philistine time

the trick is callouses
on the hands
and not upon the heart

© Gary Edward Nordell 1997, all rights reserved

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