Lady Writer

A Poem by Pete

How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live. - Thoreau

penning nights brighter

polished cigarette lighter

my lady writer

© 2025 Pete

Author's Note

“Write while the heat is in you… The writer who postpones the recording of his thoughts uses an iron which has cooled to burn a hole with.” - Thoreau

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Added on October 13, 2025
Last Updated on October 14, 2025

Author

Pete

Boston, MA

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I love reading, writing, music, nature, God and feeling emotion, not necessarily in that order. To me, these things go hand in hand. My favorite writer is Henry David Thoreau. I think he was a geni.. more..