Writer's Block

How easily my words came

Bean-sprouting from my brain

 

They river-flow with smooth agility over rocks,

Passing fish in the rapids as they go

Pressing against the spider webs of mental blocks

Or unmoving, stand with word-weapons drawn,

With foolish demonstrations

Of angst or love

Needing to say what I feel

Like a sensation-word junky,

A would be fantasy fool,

My sanity hiding in a corner and near-never intact.

Reviews

[Angelheaded Hipster]

I don't think writers could ever be sane....or "normal" for that matter...when I got to the last line, I had to laugh...I know the feeling all too well.
You have described the fighting the block rather eloquently...better said than I could have...*L*

[Robert Luna]

I would have to agree with Amber. I don't believe you can be sane and creative at the same time. Most of the interesting people that I have met along my life's journey have be odd at least if not insane. Let take me for an example. I have been told by a profession shrink and his colleagues that, now this is their words. "Wow you are pretty fucked up" So I took a deep honor in that. I had a Doctor say WOW you are a screwed.

Great Read!!!!!

[dead]

“Like a sensation-word junky,”

Indeed, it is about language and our love for it because words have this strange power of conjuring strange words and even stranger feelings. Writer’s block … your line “Needing to say what I feel” says it all really, to write in a true sense is a necessity and as such how can there ever be writer’s block? Writer’s block occurs the most to those who see writing as a novelty. For two days I recently felt rather uninspired … I did not make a thing of it, instead spend some extra time reading and typing in all the stuff I still have pending (since I write by hand and then type it in afterwards). Writing is a compulsive passion, there is no cure for it … as such how can we ever not be a writer?

[TL Boehm]

a word junky. I love that phrase, and the supposition that our sanity hides somewhere, not quite all present. A wonderful introspective piece here.

[Bubo]

A would be fantasy fool,
My sanity hiding in a corner and near-never intact.

This must sum up a fair few writers!
Loved the piece, the imagary was fantastic, the thought of words flowing over rocks,
Sometimes we seem to have too many words that go around inside our heads and then when it comes
to allowing them to leave it simple goes, most frustrating!
Superb thoughts here.

[Cdnsurfer]

An Ode to writer's block! Ha! When the words flow there seems never an end, but when they are stifled, no two match. If this is an exercise to get the words to flow again, well, it's working. The words spill forth in gushes here! Rob

[Blue Bard]

I like the tension here between the beauty and the sanity. Writers are subject to sensory overload, yet we long for that river-flow where it all comes together. You make a beautiful tableau in the nice, introspective piece.

[Mackenzie J. Burns]

Fighting the good fight against insidious writer's block. Well this poem demonstrates your ability to conquer. I loved the first lines, so simple and setting the reader up for some more complex s**t to come. really liked it:)