Writer’s
Block
Type,
tip, tap
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Blank
slate, blackboard….fingernails? No! No! NO!
Tip,
tap, letters, spaces.
The
sinking cursor raps on blinking brain.
Space.
Sentence. Sort of.
A
pewful of uncomfortable dustbunnies praying for a point.
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Why
me, O Muse? For how long must I trudge through
this
bog of fuzzy fancies?
Words
fail to describe how desolate my mind
Perhaps
these words do
An
ocean without silvery fish
A
colorless rainbow
A
fairy princess stuck in a mire of grey words
And
I, the only one to save them, have lost my palette.
Paintbrush?
How will it end: a painter who has lost his paintbrush?
The
writer without words.
An
idea, like a bird
Flitting
across an expanse of blue
Fluttering,
hovering, escaping from my grasp
A
hopeful idea, so close but out of reach
If
only I could catch that bird!
I’d
keep it in a cage
And
let it perch on my page
It
would lend me many feathers
And I
would feed it on ink and paper
And
give it a name like Dolphin Swim
or
No Name
Such
a little bird.
Look
at it, one small moving object in a still sky
Wait
a minute...IT’s GROWING LARGER!
A
purple bird of paradise
My
cage wouldn’t hold it.
It
was born to be free.
As I
admire the beauty of this...Animal?
Why,
it’s NO bird!
It’s
a story of a writer who has found words
by
letting an idea take the shape
of a
story
Entered in the Arts and Alliance of Yamhill County Paper Garden Poem Contest.
I Love this poem. Great word pictures and descriptions. I am so proud of you for not limiting yourself, the sign of a true artist. I hope the poetry judges can understand this beauty. God Bless you, lots of love.
ReplyDeleteThanks grandma! It didn't win but I am setting my sights on the fair this year.
ReplyDeleteYou are an excellent poet! The judges should've knownet !!!
ReplyDeleteHey Avi, it's your old pen-pal from Missouri! Nice poem,but one writer to another I've got some advice.
ReplyDeletePoetry doesn't always have to rhyme to get the point across(like you showed)but, sometimes its good to throw in a rhyme or two so the lyrics slip off the tongue.
Oooo, some competition! I like it. For example....[copy and paste here].
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