JabberWocky Jookerie

Literary nonsense.

Peer into my mind...

Letters being swirled into a vortex,
struggling to join hands
as Gulliver's finger
turns thoughts into a wordpool.

Quite a monu'mental effort
For such a senti'mental fool.

Taming these beasts of thought,
words run scared from the tip of my pen,
and come to perch on the lines of my paper,
like cormorants on a wire.
Doodles looking like so much pigeon poo.

I doodle when I'm thinking.
How doodle you doodle too?

The eyed's of March have seen enough
of winter's sunless gloom.
Be done and away
frozen writer's blocks.
And I'll say...
It's alright.

Here comes the sun,
And it says, we're alright.

Author's Note

This is what happens when I write whatever comes to mind.

Reviews

[VALORMORE DE PLUME]

Great fun here. The title drew me in from a childhood vague memory of The Jabber Wocky. This is a treasure to behold. I like the way you broke (mental) free form the confinds. Excelent wordplay throughout. Great metaphors building fun imagery. I do believe your kin are correct. Write On>>>>>>>>>>>>

[R. L. Ives]

Thank you for your most kind review, sir. It just thrills me that others appreciate the fun and see the imagery in this write.

[Brandon S. Whitten]

Imaginative and brilliant. Excellent read and write

[R. L. Ives]

Thank you very much, Brandon. I appreciate your visiting and reading.

[kelvin]

Very nicely writen for poets with pure creative depths of mind can reach out to further horizons to give life too and naming a well writen read as this you have talent and as always keep writing fellow writer

[R. L. Ives]

Thank you for your kind review Kelvin.

[kelvin]

You're very welcome keep it coming.

[Muse]

The title...BRILLIANT!


I doodle when I'm thinking.
How doodle you doodle too?


this made me smile in more ways than one...thank you for sharing. :))

[R. L. Ives]

This was the result of writer's block and too many thoughts going round and round. I'm glad it made you smile. This was very fun to write. Thank you for reading and leaving a review.

[Leslie Philibert]

Like the poem, the way you work in outside ideas but produce something new - good job.

[R. L. Ives]

Thank you Leslie. I appreciate your review. This was fun to write.

[Michael G.]

If this is what happens when you write whatever, keep doing it. Reading this, one would have thought it was done over time and with lots of concentrated effort. It's priceless, right down to the ending with a Beatles flavor. (One of my favorites by them!)
Making a great poem about writer's block takes some doing. And you did it very well.

[R. L. Ives]

Thank you so much Michael. I appreciate your thoughtful review. While it didn't take me very long to write this, the image of words being swirled by a giant hand has been a resident for some time.

[Pete Langley]

That wordpool of yours is full. The reservoir that produces our images only seems a mess. If you think of it more as a spool of string, once you start pulling you`ll be amazed at what comes out - and in what order! Keep pulling, kiddo! P.

[R. L. Ives]

Thank you. I had no idea where this was going, but I have to say I am pleased with how it turned out. Strange though it is.

[icelandicblue]

Writer's block can indeed feel like your mind is frozen. Other times it flits around landing on nothing. I think you capture the helter skelter nature of it all. I loved the title and the literary nonsense that didn't seem so nonsensical at all!

[quinfinn]

this is truly wonderful.....who puts pigeon poo into a poem? you do! i think i love you...this is a marvelous piece of fantasy fun.....

[R. L. Ives]

Thank you Quin. This is what desperation does. I lol'd when I wrote poo and then wondered if it sounded ridiculous. I had fun writing it.

[Holly Mason]

I just have to answer yes I doodle too
they are random thoughts but hey they are interesting
and yes you won with the title grabbed me right in
it does have good content to it
I like your ending really-like the winter's sunless gloom bit
thank you for sharing your whatever comes to mind write

[R. L. Ives]

Thanks for stopping by, I'm glad that you found this interesting. I find it to be quite fun to be nonsensical sometimes.

And winter's sunless gloom must go :)