a poem waiting for a beginning.

snaking thoughts coil 

through the wrinkles in my brain... 

i tap my pencil 

rhythmically onto paper

hoping the slight graphite-etched sound

will solidify my gel-like thoughts

Reviews

[Devons]

Just how that moment feels to ponder what one is feeling and grasping thoughts and concepts from the complex current that runs through the mind, about to be inspired... Very well-written and executed descriptive poem, concisely evoking the process of thinking for writing: almost like an organic machine which lays golden eggs if treated with the correct patience...

[Robin]

the muse late again ?

[Nathan HUelsbeck]

that word i use when....you know......

[Crowley]

hmmmm strange, I know I reviewed this before and loved it, but apparently its gone........Well, I probably fat fingered something. I remember calling the ultimate writers block poem, at least that was one thing that I got form it. Simply complex....I know that isn't the whole thought, but those last two lines are just perfect and I wish I had wrote them.

[Antonio Valentino]

Actually loved this as, a beginning... was sad that it ended so quickly.

Always keep them wanting for more.

Which is very easy to do, with your poetry Jenn.
Antonio xx

[Tony]

Succinct imagery. Every line drew me in. I love poems about writing poems-- or writers block. A nice to tool to get the brain wheels turning. Excellent work.

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"snaking thoughts coil
through the wrinkles in my brain..."
wow---another perfect line---love this!!!

J:)

[Ed Hart]

ain't that the way of it

[miSS LEaf]

it reminds me of my poem, Jellylike Thoughts... i do think one of the hardest parts of creating a poem or a writing in general is to formulate an inviting beginning.......