There will be No next book

There will be No next book

 

 

I was a writer once,

but I quit,

 

so why am I still punching the keys

like a fighter past his prime

 

or the "Old Man and the Sea"

rubbing sharks the wrong way

dragging Merlin the Marlin behind his boat

because even Merlin the Magician 

couldn't hocus pocus his words to appear

again,

 

I smell blood,

so why am I still punching the keys

 

the sharks will find me

probably before the end of the first round

 

or

 

 

maybe in the hat with the rabbit.

 

 

erin-cilberto

6/15/2020

Reviews

[Dave Brown]

that would be quite a tight fit but interesting if you could pull it off

[jacob erin-cilberto]

very tight fit...thank you, Dave,
j.

[Lorry]

I find the best before date is a date that ever changes depending on my mood, how cold it is or a number of ever changing reasons, but all you need is a bit more effort in the hope that our words speak to others. It's either that or going back to alphabetti spaghetti when nurse thatched takes away my crayons.
Trust the one guy who should to come up with that title too! 😊

[jacob erin-cilberto]

ah that nurse..."I want to watch the goddamned World Series game, Nurse Ratched" Well, if I can't watch it, I'll make it up...like my poetry.
j.

[Lorry]

Randall P McMurphy and nurse Rat Shed, two of the best characters ever, and in the same movie too!read moreRandall P McMurphy and nurse Rat Shed, two of the best characters ever, and in the same movie too!
I think I'll throw a sink through a window in my next poem as an homage 😊

[jacob erin-cilberto]

and Christopher Lloyd with his famous gesture at the very end after the Chief did that...
loved it.

[Lorry]

I'm overdue a watch of it again, Danny Devito too! The best trivia I found on this is that Jack N only found out after the first days shooting that thinking he was bombing, was told some of the extras were real mental patients. I bet he read every word of his contracts since 😊

[Weeping willow]

Writers only voice are the words the flow inside them waiting to be written down to become alive. They thrive inside the mind deep into the soul. Nice expression ;-]

[jacob erin-cilberto]

I like your reply better than the poem, willow...
thank you,
j.

[Coyote Poetry]

Me too Jacob.
"so why am I still punching the keys
like a fighter past his prime"
I keep writing and I hope I have something to write. Thank you for sharing the amazing poetry and your thoughts.
Coyote

[jacob erin-cilberto]

I feel the same sentiments...I keep hoping to have something to write.
thank you, Coyote,
read moreI feel the same sentiments...I keep hoping to have something to write.
thank you, Coyote,
j.

[Fran Marie]

writers have no past the prime
so you might as well rethink
the ink and not quit ..you're
addicted to the written word
Ink flows is the life force
flowing through your veins
writing is the air writers
breathe..if you quit you
wither and die..

[jacob erin-cilberto]

I probably would at that, Fran, probably would at that.
thank you
j.

[emmajoy]

Can you quit, jacob? Can you stop teaching? Will you cede the reins to someone with little or no imagination or only teaches because he/she liked the idea of good long breaks! Even your post stating '( quit' is a drama , a mystery.. and even now its existence is alive. You name titles and names and.. and... so how can you shrug off a wonderful past. deny self and others the chance to fly over the mountains far, far away.. Can you? Take care, keep safe and don't you dare quit!! :)

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your words, em,
and probably impossible on the quitting...
j.

[emmajoy]

No probable permitted - evah! :)

[Julie McCarthy (juliesp..]

I love this
I love how you quoted nursery rhymes and of course the old man and the sea
Love that
very well done enjoyed this
hope you are well :)

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your words, Julie,
j.

[Patricia Wedel]

The Rabbit in the Hat 🎩 is quite Magical…
My Son Robert had a Magician for his tenth birthday Party… You Jacob will always be Magical like a Charming encounter with the unbelievable forces of Nature. gently, Pat

[jacob erin-cilberto]

I would like to have been at Robert's Birthday party....love magicians.....
thank you for your kind comment, Pat,
j.

[Vertigo Cat1111]

I absolutely adore and relate to this! So many times I've contemplated quitting writing and I'm still a bit in that mindset. Every idea seems unoriginal, so hard to get past certain points, and yet we keep writing anyways. I believe a writer's off days are very much different than others. Writing requires so much focus, so much work, and so much attention and we really beat ourselves up if we don't finish a book in say, a month or so! It's okay to have off days, but I don't think we can ever truly quit, because you're words uplift and mean everything to one person I believe, even if you don't know it. Thank you so much for sharing and please keep doing so! (:

[jacob erin-cilberto]

that is what I am feeling...unoriginal!
Your review is a positive, Colacat,
thank you

[Ted Kniffen]

We can quit writing j. but writing won't quit us. The Muse may take the odd vacation but watch out when she gets back.
As for Merlin he could conjure something out of nothing ... musta been a helluva writer.

Good one.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

I bet he was...would like to read some of his magic words, besides abra cadabra.