A Mirror Image Poem by David Harris
A Mirror Image
How many times when reading a book,
do we identify with the characters within?
Their traits they have we share,
their loves and heartaches
their lives go through somehow mirror our own.
It’s as if the author was writing about us.
As though he has put us under a microscope
and then writing down everything, he saw.
However, we know this isn’t so
because he or she has written
segments of their own life
and by accident they happen to mirror ours.
Every writer will tell you
that they have their characters under control.
Having written numerous novels,
I know the characters take on a life of their own
and do what they want to do.
We become their instrument as they guide us on our way.
We end up writing what they want us to say.
To every writer his characters are real,
they live, breathe and feel.
The more you write about them,
the more alive they become.
So the next time you pick up a book
and the characters seem real,
they probably are to the author
who looks after them.
24 September 2008
I think that the Author holds a lot of responcibility to his/her readers feelings Never quite knowing the reacting to anything they write and so in the end each must just do their best in trying A really great piece again from you David All the best Love duncan X
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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5/9/2024 4:10:08 PM # 1.0.0.1119
This is wonderful David. It reminds me of The Tao of Pooh, a fascinating book that explains Taoism from the point of view of Winnie the Pooh. I recall the author, whose name escapes me, saying in the introduction 'I just let the book write itself and keep up as best as I can'. I guess that's what I feel about creativity. We don't own it, we just have the privilege from time to time of climbing on the train and watching the scenery go by. It certainly puts a stop to any sense of arrogance. We are not the creators of the words, but merely the vehicle for their presentation. Great poem. Love, Allie ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥