Put this in your Writer's Block and Smoke it

Put this in your Writer's Block and Smoke it

 

 

inducted into the bad poets Hall of Fame

i gave my acceptance speech

 

a long, long soliloquy

in ode form

which was really poor form

because everyone

was sleeping or weeping

or keeping one eye on the door

 

hoping there wouldn't be much more

 

and the room soon realized

why i had garnered enough votes

as my voice began to bloat

with less than sublime rhyme

which in time became accursed free verse

which just got worse

 

as i read another bad poem

and another and another and yet another

weak, bleak, "pat on the back seeking"

spew of proverbial, verbal self-indulgence

 

and to think,

you indulged me to read this

 

and so in closing,

thank you all very much for this honor

as i dishonor you,

 

with just one more little

poem

before you go home

 

even though in your mind

you're already there--- hours ago.

 

 

 

 

erin-cilberto

6/30/13

Reviews

[Lydia Shutter]

All I could think of while reading this was the unending political dinners I have attended. The ones when there are a few too many speakers with bloated egos. However, you, Jacob, will never be in the bad poets Hall of Fame.....there is simply no way. So write on, my friend....we are reading and enjoying. Lydi**

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your kind review, Lydi..

j.

[Tomás Ó C..]

We all should be there!!!!

[jacob erin-cilberto]

if only, thank you Tomas

j.

[VALORMORE DE PLUME]

Like singing in the shower. Reality makes no difference when we are naked and wet.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

oh i like that insight...thank you, Valormore..

j.

[Indra Neil]

cleverly composed write! I like the subtle wit and irony in this fine write! :)

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your kind words, Indra.
j.

[Indra Neil]

u r welcome! :)

[h d e rushin]

How to fix writers block:

write everything you've ever thought out loud. That will fix it every time. You will wind up
with some pretty awful poetry, a ton of "verbal self-indulgence" but who's counting.
You had me laughing throughout my friend..

dana

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your words, insights and i am glad this could give you a smile, my friend.

read morethank you for your words, insights and i am glad this could give you a smile, my friend.

j.

[Jane Taylor Hardy]

Witty words that brought a smile to my face :0)

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you, Jane. :))))

j.

[....................]

congratulations on the induction and great acceptance speech...the easiest way to rid ourselves of the narrow-minded genus of critics out there is to give them more of what they hate until they can no longer ingest it... we call it poetic licence for a reason, don't we?...some writers are so self-absorbed they are unable to see the lives for the rhymes...

[jacob erin-cilberto]

such insightful words, thank you FT.

j.

[Cory Barrett]

That was funny as hell. thank you

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Thank you, Cory...glad you enjoyed.

j.

[andrew mitchell]

Very clever wit displayed before us! Jacob. Worthy of many encores!!! :)

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your kind words, andrew.

j.

[Miss Sharon]

LOL...this is just TOO clever Jacob my friend! I adore it and it was my honor to dishonor the lateness of the hour by reading from start to finish. ~SP

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your kind review, Sharon.

j.

[Miss Sharon]

You are quite welcome my friend. ~SP