Writer's Block

influenced by LiLi and Xtremegentleman

 

I left Writer’s Block

And went walking down Alliteration Avenue

I took a left on Diction Drive

And my ears were bombarded with sound bombs

Each voice launching a different missile

Aimed at my earlobes

 

I couldn’t cross Reading Road until the traffic book said “Go”

So I stood in place and stared at the Inspiration Institute

Men and women of all types and ages walked in a melancholy line

Just to enter the building

Some exited through the windows of the upper stories

And others scrambled through the back door

Stumbling home with manuscripts

Held tightly in ink stained hands

 

The traffic book opened and I resumed my journey

I was reminded that it was Minstrel Month

Once I passed Bard Boulevard

Charming performers singing sweet ballads to the young lasses

Hoping for free ale and a place to spend the night

How romantic!

 

Finally I reached my destination

Poetry Place was right around the corner

Just a figure of speech of course

For I still had to cross the tracks

That the Train of Thought always rolls through

It’s amusing watching the wheels leave the tracks

Leaving in its wake, wreckage comprised of organized confusion

 

Ah Poetry Place

I’ve reached you at last

All the poets were reciting and the slammers were slamming

I pity the poor notebooks thrown on the floor

Slamming tends to be such an exciting affair

I took a seat next to my Muse

And as I embraced her

I saw the other eight frown in jealous disapproval

What would Zeus say if he knew the way we mortals use his daughters?

After a severe bout of inspiration

(No contraception required, for how else does one give birth to ideas?)

I decided to exhale my art

With the taste of the Muse still on my lips

Reviews

[Yira Simone]

Well now...

This is very different from your normal flow. I LOVE IT! You knocked this one out of the ball park I feel. I felt your ending was beautiful and that you made great use of imagery and mythology. I loved the way you showed that writing is a process and that this process is different for everyone. I loved the the line about "train of thought", because it is an accurate analogy to how easy it is to get side tracked when you want to get into a writing groove. Great writing my dear...I wished that I had of came up with this one. LOL You have matured as a writer...I'm proud of you. Keep up the smokin' work candyman.-Catrina