The worthwhile wild goose chase

The goose which laid the golden eggs

is lost in the maze of your mind. 

Find it.  

Do not chase it. 

Get close to it, gradually.

Listen to what it sounds like.  

It will speak to you,

if she realizes that you are not the enemy.

And when she starts to speak to you,

write it down. 

Regurgitate on paper those thoughts. 

Strengthen them. 

Sift them. 

Make them polished. 

And maybe you may reach

that middle road 

of capturing the spirit of creativity.

Reviews

[Chris Shaw]

I like the way you have approached this, the way things are slowed down, do not chase it, get close to it gradually. You can not force creativity, you can not force words. They will only come when they are ready. Sometimes you have to be patient, and of course anything which has been written needs to be polished to get the desired results. An enjoyable read.

[SleeplessVolcano]

Thank you very much. In my attempts (still failing, lol) to evolve from an amateur writer into a professional one, I have read about what famous writers have to say about the art of writing. I am beginning to believe that creativity is overrated. Hard work plays a much bigger role than that initial "creative surge", so while my default setting is indeed thinking outside of the box, I am now opening myself to principles of writing discipline to sift through my little nuggets of creativity and see if they cannot be turned into something, well, commercially worth while....:)

Thanks for reviewing.

[Chris Shaw]

You need to have creative thinking, but you also need to work, work, work at your writing. No pain, no gain

[sette]

and this is a wonderful piece i can visualize a goose laying golden eggs in my mind and spewing out ideas too

[SleeplessVolcano]

Thank you very much. I was browsing old emails in my inbox when I found an email I sent to myself.....this poem is one of those paragraphs...:)

[sette]

you are welcome