My Poem Has Not Begun

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My Poem Has Not Begun

I saw the setting sun, my day was far from done

I saw the paper, blank, my poem has not begun

I saw the evening, then morning has come

I saw no progress, still an unwritten poem



I sat, I saw, I twiddled my thumb

Still I wrote no words to make a poem

I saw the paper and it's still blank

Can you help, yank me so that I crank

I am close to giving up, facing mad scrutiny


I scream in the face of my own mutiny

I saw me walking, maybe I'm about to tank?

I saw a man, he says you don't have to walk a plank

What's next, I start to write, a word, a poem


C'mon, join up, and I'll be frank, my foe pressed me

forward, in stubborn rank, I've got a fistful of charm

and yes, I have a gun beneath my arm.

I saw my self with a poem designed, so back on off


Destroy blank man's paper, rank by rank

Writing it is not rigged, go fig yourself, get it done

I see some writing on my page, it rhythm

Now you see me write a thing in rhyme

Who do you think, am I



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gailkindler commented on My Poem Has Not Begun

05-07-2017

I sometimes have the opposite problem.A poem sneaks up & jumps into my head when I have no way of writing it down. Then it nags me until I get it written. If only there were telepathy we could solve each others problem. this is sort of a roundabout way of saying I love this poem. I think I'll put it's counterpart on my site.

CatsMeow

05/08/2017

Thank you so.much I need to write more often. Lazy

Lind commented on My Poem Has Not Begun

03-10-2017

I myself have genuinely been feeling a lot like that lately (not necessarily in poetry, but in art and reading), so I can very much empathize.

CatsMeow

03/10/2017

Thank you Lind

When power leads man towards arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.

John F. Kennedy (1917-1963) Thirty-fifth President of the USA

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