So once again
I sit facing the screen
One blinking dot
Nothing else to be seen
The blank page taunts
Daring lines to appear
Minutes go by
Yet the screen remains clear
Feelings inside
Trapped there pacing the cage
Waiting for words
To escape to the page
Then all at once
A line comes to mind
Fingers engage
Idle time left behind
Crack in the door
The mind starts to race
Floodgate comes down
Hands work to keep pace
Line after line
Feelings come to life
Free from their cage
They escape their strife
When all is done
The page is complete
A story's been told
The mind can now breath
~Greg~
Author notes
Just another escape from the our evil nemesis, writer's block.
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You've been Hood-winked!
Congratulations on being ambushed by friendly fire!
Good strong title, which entraps your reader (no pun intended!
) into cliking in to see what this piece is about. Good move!
I love meter and rhyme, and here we have it ~ kudos to you for this! YAY!
Getting one's reluctant muse motivated is indeed like opening the floodgates when it happens, so you've drawn a good analogy.
Overall, a good piece of poetic frustration well expressed for us all to relate to!
The mind can now breath (breathe).
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Pacing the Cage is a great write. Me, I use the old pen and paper first. Looking at a blank screen is a sure way for it to stay blank. The rhythm and flow is excellent and the descriptive way it is written is great. I did notice thaat the rhyme scheme changed in the last stanza. Is there a reason? Well done anyway.
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This is an interestng write, I really did enjoy the ryhme in this piece, it kept my attention throughout the poem. You used great creativity to really have this poem delivered in an unique kind of way. It took awhile for my mind to paint an image of what you wanted this poem to be about, but I was abled to see that imagine so kudos to that.
"Crack in the door
The mind starts to race
Floodgate comes down
Hands work to keep pace"
Was my favorite part in this piece. Great Write!
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Thanks EH,
I had these thoughts trapped in my head. When they finally came out in words that's how it felt. I'm glad you liked it.
Thanks for the comment.
Greg
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See that is why I do not sit at the computer to write. Everything is on paper first. Couldn't handle a blank computer screen. At least on a piece of paper you can doddle (did I even spell that right?)
Anyways, great job. Nice flow.
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Thanks Brooke,
Good point. At least with paper you can draw silly little doodles until some actual words come out.
Knowing me though, I'd probably get into working on a sketch and forget about the writing part. -chuckles-
This was actually kind of fun to write.
Thanks for the comment.
Greg
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Great
This is a good writing, I really like it a lot. You did good at showing details and stuff, and yea like the other person said this is a very clever write I like it very much! -
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Thanks,
Yes, it felt good to finally get the words out on the page.
I'm glad you liked it.
Thanks for the comment.
Greg
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Clever write, I like it. I've haven't encountered writers block (knock on wood) but I hear it can be quite painful is your write illustrates. Thanks for sharing your write and keep them coming.
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Thanks ck,
Yes, often the frustration itself is enough to break the spell.
Sometimes it takes a while though.
Thanks for the comment.
Greg
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My Old Muse
My muse resides with pen and yellow pad
She`s flexible,it`s there,she can be had
She does rest so easily on my knee
When thoughts in rhyme and meter come to me
Propped between elbow and wrist, my right arm
She knows there will never be any harm
Right fingers tapping out syllable count
For a sonnett, not just any amount
She never asks me, should I stay
n Line
When the fingers writing, clearly are mine
She knows my means cannot afford high speed
To fill the pockets of computer greed
When ink runs out she accepts a pencil
Capable of change, she is quite tensile.
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Thanks Bob,
Yes, the pen and pad still lay nearby
But when I look at them I sigh
In laziness the keyboard fills my need
Yet my brain can't quite work in high speed
Thanks for the comment
Greg
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When all other inspiration fails, at least we can always count on writer's block to be our temporary muse. I've resorted to it myself a couple times, and much to my surprise produced something kinda good. It's so true, though, that once the words start flowing, you don't want to stop writing, lest they dry up again.
I'm happy for you that you got it beat!
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Thanks Carrie,
Yes, this is the second time that writing about it has set me free.
Funny how that works sometimes.
Your right about the word flow continuing as well cause I also wrote my first new story in SW in a while after I wrote this.
Plus with spring here it's time to wake from hibernation anyway. -chuckles-
Thanks for the comment.
Greg
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