You sit there looking at the page
The page stares blankly back at you
You’re locked in a wordless cage
You sit there looking at the page
So glad you’re not up on stage
With your heart and soul all askew
You sit there looking at the page
The page stares blankly back at you
Enclosure (Photo credit: Tommy Weir)
Excellent poetic description of writer’s block.
The worst part? I know writer’s block only in my head, but so far it’s not listening to the eviction notice.
Everyone’s journey is different. I wrote poetry to deal with my WB and it worked. Good luck!
Well said!
What a surprise to find the ‘page’ link took me to a band!
A bonus! Don’t know if they’re any good though. Happy listening.
hmmm … didn’t say I was going to listen to them *smirk*
The option’s there though – well done for resisting temptation.
LOL
You write some beautiful poetry, i read them all even if i don’t comment
Thanks, Beverley. I’m flattererd. And I’m pleased enough with many of my efforts, but am still developing so it’s great to get your support so regularly.
You are welcome – keep writing
Wow, its almost as if you were inside my brain!
Could be interesting . . . I never really believed in writer’s block until recently, but the poetry really helped me work through it , and I like to tackle the demon head on.
Love it! Can I quote you in a future post?
Xx
Yes Vikki, that’ll be cool.
Thanks hon, I’ll be doing a post on writers block soon and your poem is brilliant
Xx
I’m working on triolets at the moment, trying to get to grips with them, so it was one that popped out last night. ‘Mezzanine Mind’ is also about writer’s block and is a bit longer and more freestyle.
Have you posted that one? I don’t remember seeing it.
Xx
It was early March:
http://andyszpuk.wordpress.com/2012/03/06/stanza-bonanza-mezzanine-mind/
So, a little while ago.
ahhhhhh, yeah, I remember now
Yeah, I liked that one too!
Xx
No worries, we’ve all slept since then, haha.
Terrible when there’s nothing to say but wonderful to be able to write about it!
There’s always plenty to say, but it’s the execution that is often the stumbling block, particularly if one wants to stretch as a writer, take on fresh challenges, and enter new territory. That stuff I guess.
Yes….when I’m trying to move forward I find that spontaneous writing helps…something new seems to emerge..
Yes, freewriting is a useful tool, but using poetry in this way is an alternative to that.
Yes, that’s working for me too…in this wonderfully experimental blog universe….:)
Another good one, Andy – sorry my response is so late – must have been blocked! (Joke!)
Got there in the end!
I like that you seized the opportunity to write about nothing to write about. a great imagination.
Tackling that demon head-on is one way to exorcise the beast.
Hi Andy…….beautifully, frustratingly accurate………but then comes the flow:)
lovely poem! it may not be a writer’s block, it could just be ideas hibernating and waiting for the right moment, for the right trigger! Susan and I examine this issue in one of our duet – drinking and breathing!
That seems to be where I’m hanging out these days! Well-expressed.
It happens to so many of us. We have to find a way of dealing with that demon.
I’ve walked around and around that block. Two blocks over is an ice cream stand, that’s where I usually end up. Nice post.
I can identify. Aghhhhh! Thanks for the visit and the “like,” as well. Glad you got a laugh. Does laughing break one out of the block? Hm.
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Thanks for checking out my poem. LIke what you’re doing. Keep on…
sometimes a word stares back-great expressions
Hey, I like that. A word that stares – good concept. Thanks.