Writer's Pad

Angi's challenge, accepted...

This room once waited for a child;

now it waits  for a different

labor of love,

for inspiration to burst forth

from its uninspired trappings:

 

~ The volumes resting

on wooden shelves ~

(writers I will never be…)

 

~ the sticky notes of daily life ~

          * call Dave

          * stop by school

          * bread, soap, Draino

(none of it accomplished yet…)

 

~ hundreds of ideas,

 seeds on scraps, waiting to ripen.

(not today…)

 

A pink wireless coffer,

ready to protect my precious gems

(if I ever find them…)

 

Stacks of blank yellow

simultaneously beckon and mock ~

(Fill me up, Buttercup…

Ha! You have nothing to give…)

 

Still I perch, then pace, and ponder

each turn of the ceiling fan another idea,

full of hot air

Author's Note

The challenge - to paint your writing space with words. Looks kind of cluttered to me...

Reviews

[Angi]

Oh Rita, that first stanza rocked me. The books, notes, seeds of ideas,the (Pink!) coffer waiting on gems (I wait too!) along with your mocking legal pads all paint this room for me. A room of loss, a room of found strength, a room for learning and a room for life. There is hardly hot air in there, girl! Your words flit and float all over that welcoming place. Loved it! Angi~

[Rita L. Sev]

Thank you, Angi - and thanks for the challenge. This is certainly out of my "comfort zone"! :) Yes, my computer is pink ;) It's so easy for empty rooms in a house to become dead space or junk collectors. I couldn't let that happen...

[Abdul Batin Osman Bey]

cool poem and it's so true to life sometimes the business trumps all. good write

[Rita L. Sev]

Thank you, Abdul!

[kublakhan27]

I love poetry that can mix personal tendencies and universal connotations, which this has done splendidly...it's not easy to do, at least not for me haha If I had a dollar for every time I looked at my bookshelf and lamented the distance between what I write and what they wrote... :P

[Rita L. Sev]

I wonder which books those authors looked at, which writers they wanted to be... Thank you, K!

[kublakhan27]

Food for thought indeed...always a pleasure :)

[Onku Ghosh]

A nice description,with a touch of humour, of your writing space.If our minds can be so cluttered with ideas no harm if a little bit of that reflects on the place where we write.Your writing space seems very interesting to me with its sticky notes,little scraps of paper and.......I wouldn't like a very sanitised space.
AS is always with you a very well written and intresting piece.

[Rita L. Sev]

Thank you, Onku! Yes, cluttered, but it's cozy, and comforts my mind... ;)

[Onku Ghosh]

And that's what matters....A cozy and comfortable place...

[Samuel Jack]

Wow, I'd love a space like this. Ive usually got my son hanging off my leg when im trying to write.

I enjoyed this poems direct voice, it feels like your literally showing me round. Love the little dialogues in brackets. Im sure you could be as good as your favourite writers Rita.

Good work, It was a break from the seriousness of a lot of the other work on WC, and isnt that what a writers pad is for.

[Rita L. Sev]

Thank you, Samuel. I forget how comfortable my little space is...

[The Verse: A Poetry Jou..]

Impressive style, a bit different than your other pieces, but nevertheless excellent. I really like your description and the ending is magnificent. Ideas full of hot air.

[Rita L. Sev]

Thank you, Dan. I don't do much free verse, but I like a challenge... :)

[SyberRose]

I love that picture...and you did a great job...loved all the notes ha..a fun challenge...Rose:)

[Rita L. Sev]

Thanks, Rose!

[one sky]

Ahaha! The writer's pad...seems familiar to me as I look around mine. Lol.

You're a brilliant one, Rita. This one is an evidence. And since it's a challenge from Angi, and it rocks her...I can say nothing but....you're AMAZING.

Alucinante!

[Rita L. Sev]

Thank you so much, Margaux! I appreciate your kindness!

[Troy Henson]

ooooh I hate clutter hahaha. This had me looking around my room as I read this. Such great imagery in this . I nice steady tone set the mood and made this a great read.

Very well done.

Regards
Troy

[Rita L. Sev]

Thank you, Troy. Another poet, Angi, challenged us to show our writing space... I avoid clutter everywhere else! :)

[Wicked Dahlia]

loved your view of your room! you've painted such a full picture, it's clutter of the best sort. the clutter of a mind preoccupied with grander things, a comfortable clutter in an easy going space full of promise and warmth. i'm just so glad you shared it with us!

[Rita L. Sev]

Thank you so much, Dahlia!

[Cassie]

I relate with this poem Rita, I write when am totally not thinking about writing, just out of the blue, i pick up my pen and paper and write, it just flows. Well written piece

[Rita L. Sev]

Thank you, Cassie!