An Ode to Ernest Hemingway

An adventurous, afflicted, pensive man once said, 
"Write hard and clear about what hurts."
Here's to you, Ernest.

"An Ode to Ernest Hemingway"

   by Brittany Cardinas

To write hard and clear about what hurts,

One must write, and one must hurt.

There is certainly no shortage

Of hurt in this world,

So one must never stop writing.

The world should be laden

With so many pages

That we find solace and commiseration

Around every street corner

And riverbank,

Every cobblestone path,

Every mountain pass,

Every rain cloud,

And every particle of dust from

Deserts and attics and lonely corners

Rarely frequented.

So hurt and write

And find comfort.

Such is life.