For thirty years now, his days had started with his putting words into notebooks. An uncharitable reviewer had once described him as “a minor poet” and it had stung at the time. But over the years — and with no ensuing rise in his stature to disprove that reviewer, he had come to embrace the moniker defiantly: Too small to be celebrated;  too big to be wholly ignored!

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7 responses to “El Escritor”

  1. What a joy to read your epiphany! Gracias!!! Abrazosss

  2. Love this!

  3. Susan Rogers Avatar
    Susan Rogers

    I love your story! It picked me up, made me laugh, and set me down in a comfortable place. Thanks for doing all that so right!

  4. hermoso cuento Kev. voy a leer más.