Pretend writer

Much as I would love to call myself a writer I cannot

Call myself one, to me the thought

Of giving myself the label of a writer appears fraudulent

While I try to imagine myself as a writer or a poet in the moment

Of writing, until my work is published or more widely known

I would think of myself as “someone who likes to write” alone..

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I came across a guide for writers that made a suggestion provocative-

If you aspire to be a writer you must live

Like one-treat your writing like a job that pays

Write something without fail every day

But more importantly-you must call yourself a writer before everyone

Believe you are a writer before you become a full-fledged one..

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So here I am, trying to judge if I have the audacity to call

Myself a writer or a poet after all

I need to begin with the conviction in my mind

That I am a writer, perhaps more inspiration I would then find