I find myself rearranging
semicolons and commas;
changing the format
of my splashes and sketches,
but the words never differ.
My innovative fingers
begin pressing sugar shells
through plaited lines
and trickling images;
uncoloured with orange ink
into premoulded shapes.
I find myself reusing
expressions and emotions;
altering conjunctions and titles
amongst smudges of thought,
but never quite tapping
the last full stop
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Grrr... to writers block!
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I love this. I know that feeling, all of us here do. I always think it is the words, their arrangement, or the line breaks that keep a poem from working. More and more I've come to realize that it is doomed from the beginning if my heart is not the author -- no matter how I try to "fix" it.
But then, ever since I had my semicolon removed I've had to punctuate in a bag. (I'm sorry for the lame joke, I just couldn't resist.)
Now back to your poem. You make a good point, that whenever we find ourselves trying to use something that we have used before, we are writing cookie cutter poetry, a cut and paste job. It is a form of self plagiarism -- like lifting parts of an old term paper for a new term paper in a class that you are not invested in. I've caught myself doing that and hating myself for it. Those are the ones that remain in Microsoft Word limbo.
Very well done.
Garrison
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Excellent. Bravo!
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Wish I wrote like this when my muse is working on overdrive lol. Like this piece a lot. It's a topic that we all can relate to, but you've painted it with some beautiful strokes. I've had this recently with guitar a lot (playing the same licks and songs over and over and can't seem to break out. Like this piece a lot.
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What is the definition
Of a single word
On an innocence page?
What laugher now there be?
Where we’re supposed to find
Between every single line
What does imagination mean
At the end of every period
In every construction of a paragraph?
What lurks homely
In every shape and form
In every single shape of an alphabetical letter?
And for your little writer block friend,
Hope this little poem shows you a way to wend
As you wave, "Bye! Block, don't let the door hit you in your drawer!"
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