the writing life

the key to good writing is rewriting
your professor tells
the class as she stand in front of the room
holding a book.
strunk and white.
spelling, grammar, punctuation.
show don't tell.
write what you know.
write every day.
don't wait on the muse.
but how can you at such an age.
hardly enough beard to shave,
unwrinkled, having never lost love,
untouched by death.
what is there to know, or say.
give it time. give it time,
she says. be patient.
there'll be more than enough.
just wait.