BLOCK

08 11 09

Can I sit and write a simple tune
or will I sit and summon spiders

Will a wayward ear latch on to paper thoughts
or is a muse just a glorified insider
like an undercover officer
pretending to befriend
maybe even smart enough
to damn the doings and defend
the doer trapped beneath
the wet blanket of a habit
feeling for a crease
to isolate with prick and stab it

Should I settle for the role
of shepherd of this ivory prairie
self-indulgent dozen-dimer
sworn protector of sublime geography
No, the dew-flossed webs of my attire
hang too wet for thief-persual
Fastened to these sticky strings of evolution
I am like a library orphan
abducted by the clutches of backdates
from the neon lobbies of renewal

Reviews

[Frieda P]

How did I miss this one, I think that's when I had closed my account for a short while? As per your usual brilliance, the imagery here is off the charts bat shyte crazy good. A 'wet blanket of habit'...lots of wet gooey sticky stuff going on in a poem about writer's block, can't imagine what you were thinking when you pen'd this genius write, just saying yout geography was sublime. ;-) Love it.

[kublakhan27]

I never mention this as much as I should (cuz you tell me a lot) but you always make me smile with your reviews love...your support always makes me feel a little better than I did before I see your reviews :) It must have been from that time...I would surely have pointed this out to you otherwise ;P It's a personal favourite which is saying something considering how short my list of personal favourites is haha Thank you again Frieda :)

[Frieda P]

I'm so glad I came across it then, wouldn't want one of your favorites pouting in the corner love ;-) And pfft and pssh...you know what I mean. ;-P xo

[kublakhan27]

Haha Somehow the pouting image fits ;P But I have been openly fond of my last few so maybe I'm cracking ;) xo

[Frieda P]

Woo score! Hahaha ;-)

[kublakhan27]

I think I could get a hang of this poetry thing hahaha ;)

[Frieda P]

Hahaha you're a nutter Benji ;-)

[kublakhan27]

Hahaha Unlike the extremely straight-laced Mrs.R ;) x

[Abdul Batin Osman Bey]

great, it's just Hella Great

[kublakhan27]

Thanks very much^^

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What an interesting display of expression! Thoroughly enjoyed it :)

[kublakhan27]

Thank you, and I'm glad you did :D

[Matt Evans]

Hahaha i can totally relate to this man.

[kublakhan27]

Haha right on...sadly I relate to it right now too :P

[Matt Evans]

Just gotta push through it!

[kublakhan27]

Haha precisely :P

[Priscilla Sayers]

What a wonderful thought provoking piece. You have a way of expression your self and how you feel with clever description. Nice!

[kublakhan27]

Thank you Priscilla :)

[Priscilla Sayers]

My pleasure:)

[SmileBig :)]

Wow...wow. Very good write.

[kublakhan27]

Many thanks^^

[Androglossia]

This reminds me of what The Rock And Roll Cowboy said on one of my writings, "We must drink in the inspiration before the well dries up and our creativity wilts..."0I agree with this and I think this is the heart of this piece.

[kublakhan27]

Haha yeah I know exactly where he's coming from cuz my well is bone dry at the moment x_x oh well, I know it will come back at some point, just frustrating not knowing when haha Thanks for the comments as always :)

[Androglossia]

Don't mention it. I'm always delighted with your work and your attitude towards it, no joke. As for the "block", I was already consumed by it a few days ago so I started creating concrete poetry, lol.

[writingcrazy55555]

This is a spectacular poem! It is so descriptive and uses an interesting vocabulary to hook the reader. It is a very creative and well-written poem, and excellently executed. Wonderful! I can't wait to read more of your works in the near future!

[kublakhan27]

Thank you so much :D

[writingcrazy55555]

You're welcome!

[∠( ᐛ 」..]

This is really good ^_^
Great work!
100/100

[kublakhan27]

Thank you as always for the support :D

[quixotic_rose]

Very good, a different way to look at the dry well of creativity. We need to call your muse back haha, then the block will fade to nothing

[kublakhan27]

Haha I agree...the only problem is that this is an older poem and it did actually kickstart my creativity at the time, but I don't think I can go to the well twice by writing about it lol :P

[quixotic_rose]

I usually find my muse in an ice cube haha

[kublakhan27]

Do you really? lol

[quixotic_rose]

yes really. weird but true!

[kublakhan27]

Oh I don't find it weird, I just wanted to make sure you were serious haha I like ice in any form, and i do draw inspiration from icicles sometimes, like with the Paper Thaw poem for example :)

[quixotic_rose]

they really are miracle workers :)

[kublakhan27]

They are :) of course try explaining that to someone that doesn't write or even read for that matter...I'm not sure they'd understand lol :P

[MOON]

Is the muse just a glorified insider inspired line.The library image quite funny . Lovely write .

[kublakhan27]

Haha yeah I don't know where that muse analogy came from but I liked it :P The library lines were in my notebook forever and I finally found a fitting place to put them...glad you like it^^
I had the library idea