You're It, Reader

Shirley A Mandel
Whom do I write for?

I don't write for the high-brow literary

jet-setters out there.

And I don't write for those

who judge poetry

for Pulitzer prizes

(although I could use the money).

I write for the

Joes and the Janes out there.

I write for Mom and Pop,

teachers and housewives,

doctors and students,

and other struggling writers out there.

I write for you, dear Reader.

You are it!

Published by Shirley A Mandel

Shirley A. Mandel is an award winning poet and the author of two books.. In addition to being a writer, Shirley Ann is a Vietnam vintage veteran and served her fellow veterans in the VA medical system as...  View profile

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  • Carrie Paxson7/26/2009

    Thank you for writing for us! We appreciate it!

  • T. H. Pankey7/24/2009

    There's certainly something to be said about writing for the everyday person.

  • Cathy A Montville6/23/2009

    Write on.....although I would love to write something that would make me famous...I know it is never going to happen, so I write what I want and decline what I don't need! You have the spirit, which comes first and foremost in my eyes!

  • John Myers6/22/2009

    Aw....thanks! :-)

  • Maria Roth6/20/2009

    I'm glad you're writing for me! ;)

  • Jenny Powers6/16/2009

    Cute poem. I write for you too!

  • Krista Lynn Hughes6/16/2009

    I'm another Jane who ♥'s reading and writing poetry. I enjoy your poems they are so powerful. Thanks!!!! :-)

  • Becky Whittemore6/15/2009

    Very nice, I think that sums it up for most all of us here.....and I'm with Charlotte, I really started writing so I could pass a legacy on to the younger generations in our family, but also to maybe make a difference in the life of anyone who chooses to read what I have to share. Write on!

  • smalltownchic6/15/2009

    Thanks, I'm a Jane, I love poetry, just don't write much.

  • Sherri Laponsie6/15/2009

    Great write!

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