Writers Block

I couldn't write so I wrote about it.....

Writers block 

that blocks the way 

the flow of words stopped 

like a toilet stopped up 

clogged up 

or a river dammed 

like creativity damned to run dry 

dry as the paper bereft of words

words that describe telling a story  

and stories 

and stories 

except these pages are empty 

devoid of poetry 

of sonnets 

of soliloquies 

of passion 

of love 

of hate 

just emptiness stopped by 

writers block..... 

Author's Note

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Reviews

[Dylan Macadham]

Good one!
I write mini-pieces, haiku/senryu, and have the opposite problem, my mind's always spinning in 17 syllables, a block now & then would be welcome :)
Good luck Dave!

[Arundass TP]

Whenever mind becomes blank nothing comes out, but everything is in it. Good poem

[Dave W.]

Thank you Arundass for the kind words.

[Fabian G. Franklin]

Writing about the inability to write is like a literary oxymoron. Inspiration from the void, so to speak. But there isn't any void and there never was. There is life, continuing and ticking by one second at a time. We can observe and write about it or live it and write about it. I'm a big fan of the latter proposition. Your "poem" made me smile.

[Dave W.]

Thankyou Fabian, a friend of mine was talking about writers block and it inspired me.

[Dessi]

David Draiman who is a great poet always says, "Open your mind."
Maybe if you let your guard down a little bit?

[Dave W.]

I hope the best for you, but my guard protects me..

[Dessi]

@Dave W. Does it?

[Dessi]

@Dave W. Your last 2 poems are so beautiful. So Unguarded. So Full Of Life. I hope "she" sees them.

[Beren]

I think we all been through that and it’s actually pretty original that you can write about this even though you can’t write, which is funny. I think we going through this sometimes because sometimes in our lives, we became so numb and we can’t even use words to describe our pain.
Also, that reminded me the new poem “even this one can't be used again” from Jacob Erin.

You are a great poet.

[Dave W.]

Thank you, I dont feel like a great poet