when a writer dies
the world turns gray.
the reader cries
the writer has nothing else to say.
the family grieve
they have lost a mother or a father
broken is the family weave
they've lost a sister or brother.
people say the writer´s voice will be heard
the words on paper live on
thoughts about feelings, wilderness and birds
some poems transformed into songs.
when a writer dies
voice and thoughts written without a stutter.
words spread out on paper like butter or crunchy peanut butter
the corpse voice speaks loud in the reader's mind
like an usher escorting the reader to foreign lands
lands where disappointment and dreams can be uttered.
when a writer dies
colleagues gather to pay tribute
words, poems, chants, prose, applause
a writer's body may die,
but the voice will echo forever.
February 18, 2022
(There is no structure in this poem. I realize that it may sound funny
at times. However, it is a tribute to a fellow writer who passed in February.)
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