Tuesday, October 10, 2006

Writers Block Turned Positive.

So for a couple of weeks now I've worried about my lack of writing and how difficult I've found my course.
Last night was mostly sleepless, yet I managed to start a new poem and with a couple of hours work this evening I've managed to complete it. It would be good to hear what you think of it but perhaps the most important thing I've learned over the last couple of weeks is, that it doesn't matter as long as I like it :)

Writers Block

I sit here and listen to those all around,
Whose words captivate, completely profound.
A profusion of prose all written and rounded,
Like nothing before has ever been sounded.
And yet in my corner no words outpour,
Feels like I’ve never done this before.

Some years ago my family I astounded,
The long-standing critics I completely confounded.
I passed my ‘A’ levels with a ‘B’,
Then went on to complete an Honours Degree.
Rich words were tucked under my belt,
Enough to write prose till the arctic melt.

Strange it is then, that I find,
No words at all spring to mind.
Yet when I glance down at the paper,
My mind has been on its own jolly caper.
A complete poem has simply appeared,
No block for me, as I’d long feared.
By Eve Laws


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