Writer's Block
by
Alma H.
(Age: 15)
copyright 05-24-2008
Age Rating: 7 to 127
Tons of riddles that annoy,
Your mind is not a toy.
Twisted thoughts turn to mush,
As the page page has a hush.
Empty space in your head,
thoughts and ideas go dead.
Tons of plots that disapper,
Your mind cannot hear.
*I know it's short, but you should have seen it in my head. I've had the title and the first stanza on paper for a awhile, but I didn't want to write down just the first stanza on PnP. I was thinking about doing it as a joke, just writing down the one stanza I had and put a bunch of (...) and (??). Hope it seems just as clear as I wanted it to seem.*
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Hello,
Nice to see you in print! With school "returning" I'm guessing, we might be hearing more, from you?
I think June's suggestion (idea) below about possibly making a shape poem could be the fast answer-in fixing a writers temporary block. Adding something (new) fun where what you say isn't as important because... the shape speaks for the absence of the word or sentence.
I did a shape poem for the very first time on "Victorian Sympathy." Now I see "shapes" in everyone's poems, when I'm reading. ha..ha..!
Enjoyed your latest poem-
Susan
Hi Alma - I enjoy poems that are short, sweet and make a point. Yours did that for sure. My favorite way to break from the "block" is to do something specific like a shape poem or eight lines of eight syllables. The structure seems to help (me anyway). Thanks for this.....June
*cackles* A simple piece like this with only a few stanzas and an author's note is the best description of writer's block there is. For example, I should be updating my story All That's Left Behind but all I do is stare tiredly at the cursor for an hour or more before doing some proofreading and typo patrol. I wrote a similar poem about writer's block titled "Lines" which, as I'm sure you aren't surprised by, has a rather darker theme. XD
At the time I was in the mood to write all my poetry in a note book and the sentiment of blank paper is a little more attractive than a blinking cursor. Anyway, good work on this! I especially liked the last part...sometimes I have great ideas then I forget about them in a week of writer's block...-.-
I think we all experience this from time to time. When we try to force the write, it doesn't seem as fluid, but then again you have to do something. I read others works, as that sometimes leads to a new idea. Sometimes I look at the contests because that makes me write too! Good luck with your block, Anthony
I've been there plenty of times, once for almost a year. Then a magazine--I forget which one--gave me an idea, an exercise, really. I just forced myself to write 28 lines a day, good or awful, unril something turned itself into a poem. It's not a perfect system, but it's helped. Thanks.
Wayne
It seems clear enough to me. That is probably the worst place in the world to ever be. I was there a couple of months ago for about 3 or 4 months.
Couple of little things: the word "place" would read better as "places." And all except one of the sentence-opening words is capitalized. It would be worth the edit, I think.
For the rest of it, is good. Nice rhyme and rhythm, development, and we can feel your frustration of not being able to grab those half formed thoughts. Or well-formed, until you try and write them down, then they disappear like fog.
Thanks for reminding us that we're all subject to a fickle Muse. ^^
Welcome !
