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Writers' Block

Writers
Posted By: L D Horne on March 09, 2007





Writers' Block

I have been sitting here pondering and scheming
On something I could write that shows meaning
I'm dealing with elusive metaphors
But everytime I am feeling a new score
To verbalize word wise
I can't come up with a reprise
To make a conclusive verse
Because I am stuck with this elusive curse
Known as writers' block
For some unknown reason, my brain is on lock-
Down and up as my prose comes and goes
I think of a hot line and then I'm froze
Like a block of ice cause my minds on lock
As I sit here once again in writers' block

I think about my current state of events
But for some reason this doesn't make sense
How my ideas seem to elude
When on the norm ideas flow no matter the mood
No one doubts my poetical skills
But ink on my paper does not seem to fill
Tabula Rasa, my minds like an empty slate
Because I have nothing to bring to the plate
Like an injured batter
My RBIs are tattered
As my percentages take a hit
Because I can't get a hit
So I guess I'll continue to sit
And wonder why my mind is on lock-
Down and up as my prose comes and goes
I think of a hot line and then I'm froze
Like a block of ice cause my minds on lock
As I sit here once again in writers' block

Like a basehead waiting to get that next hit
I'm st-st-stammering and stuttering while havin a fit
Or like an old person with Alzhiemer's disease
As the ideas disappear with ease
It's frustrating as I try to share my gift
Cause my ideas seem to drift
In and out of the lane like a driver under the influence
This is insane--I am not used to this
So I'll proceed to chase that metaphor down
Like a hunter until the prey is actually found
So I can finally express something profound
And my epiphanies to make the crowd dumbfound
I want to continue to resound
But all I can do is look around
And watch my fellow poets create
While my ideas evaporate...
Or dissipate...

Or desintergrate...

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Thanks, Tamisha. I'm gonna do this one tomorrow at the next poetry session we have.
Thursday, March 15th 2007 at 4:04AM
Wow...that was crazy. You gotta real good use of vocabulary, and ya metaphors were sick. U can definately do tha damn thing. Keep em commin...imma fan.
Monday, March 19th 2007 at 10:27PM
Thanks, Vanessa. My first fan, wow!?! I'm stupified. But you got some hot verses too! Shoot, I'm a fan.
Wednesday, March 21st 2007 at 4:44AM
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